Environmental Flyer 2020 - What We Have Been Working On.

GREEN ENERGY For our Exe Box premises, we have secured contracts for 100% renewable electricity from July 21 and 100% biogas from 2022. OUR KEY COMMITMENTS EXE BOX REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT PLANNED ACTIONS Loading bay lights - add indicators so we can check if lights left on Kitchen water boilers - install timers to switch off overnight/weekends Consider home working - reduce local traffic and emissions Hybrid/electric company vehicles from Sept 2020 Provide EV charging points at Exe Box Install smart equipment controls Augment building insulation levels OUR ENERGY REDUCTION MEASURES All staff briefed and participating in reducing our carbon footprint and minimising waste, specifically plastics Sprinkler pump replaced to reduce power wastage LED lighting installed in our warehouses Changed 50% of external lights to LED Moved to 100% LED emergency lighting PC and server power optimisation completed Optimised Exe Box lighting control and heating systems • Measured our CO 2 impact • Started reducing our impact • Innovated on green products and packaging • All own published products printed using FSC paper • 95% of bought in products will be FSC certified • 50% of calendar product published by Carousel and sold by Calendar Club and Otter House will come in plastic-free packaging by 2022 • 5% annual reductions in our energy usage • Persuade the calendar industry to be greener • Trial product and packaging innovations • Negotiate future green energy contracts for our head office and warehouse • Continue to implement the tasks on our environmental action plan 2020 2019 2022 • Become a carbon neutral company for our direct CO 2 emissions • All new and reprint cards to be plastic free 2021 PLASTIC ‘Every single action we take, no matter how big or small, moves us closer to carbon neutrality’ EXE BOX ELECTRICITY USAGE 2019 Vs 2020 Accurate monitoring of our actual energy usage is in place. Exe Box Electricity Usage 2019 vs 2020 kWhrs Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2019 2020 Sep Oct Nov Dec