CARBON REDUCTION PLAN GUIDANCE
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Carbon Reduction PlanSupplier name:

Lumen Technologies UK Ltd

Publication date: 09/01/2023
Commitment to achieving Net Zero
Lumen Technologies UK Ltd is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.

Baseline Emissions Footprint
Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in thepast and were produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions.
Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reduction can bemeasured.
Baseline Year: 2018
Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations.
Activities comprising our baseline emissions and subsequent years of reporting are listed below. Our reporting follows
the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and our global carbon footprint, of which the UK forms a part, has been independently
verified against ISO14064-3 on a Limited Assurance basis. We use an Operational Control boundary. Our 2018baseline emissions were calculated in 2019 and submitted as part of our response to the Carbon Disclosure Project.
Scope 1: comprises 734.98 tonnes CO2e from natural gas combustion, 214.38 tCO2e from company cars, 507.1
tCO2e from refrigerant losses, and 108.41 tCO2e from combustion of fuel in generators.
Scope 2: is calculated using the Market basis. In buildings where Lumen controls electricity procurement, electricity
is very predominantly supplied from renewable sources, and backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin(REGOs). In 2018 a few of these sites were yet to be brought under these contracts and emitted 99.84 tCO2e.
Landlord managed sites emitted 7,006.84 tCO2e. Emissions from electricity at third-party operated co-location
facilities were 17,325.35 tCO2e. Emissions from supply of heat & steam were 40.66 tCO2e.
Scope 3: Our Scope 3 reporting is currently limited to category 6: business travel, and in 2018 this comprised 177.23
tCO2e from employee cars and hire cars.

Baseline year emissions:
EMISSIONSTOTAL (tCO2e)

Scope 1

1,564.87

Scope 2

24,472.69

Scope 3177.23(Included Sources)

Category 6 business travel: this comprises business travel in employeecars and hire cars.
Please see below for Excluded Sources and plans for future reporting.

Total Emissions

26,214.79

Explanation of why other categories are excluded and plans for inclusion: 4. Upstream transportation and distribution: we currently hold no UK-specific data on thiscategory and have therefore excluded it. We plan to include this category in future reporting
and will re-baseline our 2018 footprint to include it.
5. Waste generated in operations: we currently have no UK-specific data on this category
and have therefore excluded it. We plan to include this category in future reporting and will
re-baseline our 2018 footprint to include it.
6. Business travel: we have currently included business travel in employee cars and hirecars only, as we do not currently hold UK-specific data for other categories. We plan toinclude other business travel sub-categories in future reporting and will re-baseline our 2018
footprint to include them.
7. Employee commuting: we currently have no UK-specific data on this category and havetherefore excluded it. We plan to include this category in future reporting and will re-baselineour 2018 footprint to include it.
9. Downstream transportation and distribution: Lumen does not produce any physicalproducts that require delivery therefore this category is Not Applicable.

Current Emissions Reporting
Reporting Year: 2021
EMISSIONSTOTAL (tCO2e)

Scope 1483.39

Scope 219,829.03

Scope 328.47
Category 6 business travel: this comprises business travel in employeecars and hire cars.

(Included Sources)

Please see above for Excluded Sources and plans for future reporting.
Total Emissions

20,340.88

Emissions reduction targets
Lumen Technologies UK Ltd is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.
Lumen has 2 Science-based targets both of which have been approved by the Science-based
Target Initiative (SBTi). These targets apply to Lumen’s global operations and help drive
performance in the UK, serving as interim targets toward our 2050 Net Zero commitment.
•The global Scope 1 & Scope 2 (Market basis) target is to reduce absolute emissions
by 18% by 2025 compared to a 2018 baseline. The target was set in 2019 and by
2022 had already been achieved. In the same period UK Scope 1 & 2 emissions
have reduced by 21.99%.

•A further target is to reduce global Scope 3 upstream emissions (Categories
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) by 10% by 2025 compared to a 2018 baseline. The target was set in
2019. These reductions have already been achieved on a global basis.

•Having exceeded our Science-based targets in advance of the original projection, weare in the process of setting new targets.

We project that carbon emissions will decrease over the next five years to 17,100 tCO2e by2028. This is a reduction of 16%.

Progress against these targets can be seen in the graph below:

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Projected tCO2eCarbon Reduction Projects
Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives
The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or
implemented since the 2018 baseline. The carbon emission reduction achieved by theseschemes equate to 1,103.73 tCO2e (Market basis), a 4.89%ge reduction against the 2018baseline and the measures will be in effect when performing the contract
Lumen Technologies UK Ltd is certified to both ISO50001 and ISO14001 at our significantsites. We have adopted a comprehensive programme of energy efficiency and carbon
reduction projects.
Our purchase of renewable electricity (REGOs) also achieves carbon reduction equivalent to26,794.99 tCO2e per year (Market basis, Residual Mix). This was in effect prior to 2018.
Examples• Policies such as remote working and other measures to reduce office space have
reduced Scope 2 emissions equivalent to 1,103.73 tCO2e per year since 2018 (usingthe Market basis, Residual Mix).
• Other measures have reduced energy at sites which are supplied by renewableelectricity, and therefore do not produce tCO2e savings under our selected Marketbasis reporting. These are reported here under the location-basis, for information
only: o Replacements and upgrades to HVAC, air conditioning, and rectifiers and DXunits (2018 – 2022) is estimated to have saved 648,059 kWhs per year,
avoiding 137.60 tCO2e per year (Scope 2, location-basis).
o A comprehensive LED replacement programme in 2022 is estimated to havesaved 192,720 kWhs per year, equivalent to 40.92 t CO2e (Scope 2, locationbasis) per year.

In the future we hope to implement further measures such as:•••••••LED replacements
Chiller replacements
Building Management System replacements
Boiler controls
UPS replacements
DC plant replacements
Diesel fuel substitution for generators

Declaration and Sign Off
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 andassociated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans.
Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting
standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard 1
and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas
company reporting 2.
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECRrequirements, and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported inaccordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and theCorporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard 3.
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors (orequivalent management body).

Signed on behalf of the Supplier:………………………………………………………………….
Annette Murphy
Regional President EMEA & APAC
Date: 9th January 2023.

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https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-conversion-factors-for-companyreporting3
https://ghgprotocol.org/standards/scope-3-standard
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