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Taking action to contribute towards a sustainable future has been high on the bigHead agenda since early 2019 and we have achieved carbon neutral status each year since then.

In July 2023, we took a significant step by installing 130 solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of our Verwood premises. These panels now generate clean electricity for our operations and export excess energy to the grid, significantly reducing our CO2 emissions.

Our achievements, recorded in February 2025, are as follow:-

• A 28% reduction in KGCO₂ emissions from Scope1&2 from 2023 (25mt) to 2024 (18mt) These18mt have been offset through the Kenyan Biogas Programme (via Gold Standard Marketplace)
• Generated 35% (27MWh) of the electricity we consumed ourselves.
• Exported 20MWh of electricity to the grid.
• 28mt CO₂e reduction equivalent, through bigHead employees ‘OnHand’ voluntary activities over the past 12 months
• 729 trees planted due to bigHead employees OnHand activities over the past 12 months

All the electricity we need to buy comes from Good Energy and is from 100% renewable sources

The task of reducing carbon emissions on a world-wide basis seems daunting but it cannot be denied that every single effort, however small, makes a difference. We are committed to making further improvements in our endeavours towards sustainability. See our previous renewable energy focus articles HERE and HERE .

Bio-gas fuel generated by bio-digesters

To achieve carbon neutral status, we have continued to offset our CO₂ emissions (18mt in 2024) in the Kenyan Biogas Programme which itself reduces CO₂ emissions.

This is a biogas project, providing bio-digesters to individual households in Kenya. The benefits of bio-digester installation range from delivering economic fuel and smoke-free kitchens to saving 260,000tons of wood since 2009, and a reduction of 378,732 tons in CO2 emissions. Over 18,000 biodigesters have been installed, benefitting over 110,000 people. You can find out more about the biogas project HERE .

Notes:

Scope1, 2 and 3 emissions: Essentially, scope 1 are those direct emissions that are owned or controlled by a company, whereas scope 2 and 3 indirect emissions are a consequence of the activities of the company but occur from sources not owned or controlled by it.

Our solar photovoltaic panels were installed by Wessex Eco Energy, now called Good Energy Solar, award winning solar energy experts.