Our Environment

We have a responsibility to understand and manage the impact of our operations on our shared environment, to build a sustainable business and contribute towards a sustainable future. We continue our work to reduce our environmental footprint and impact, which in turn helps build resilience in our operations to climate-related risks.

Scope 1 and 2

We have set ambitious targets for our operational footprint (Scope 1 and 2) in line with the Paris Agreement and have committed to a 46% reduction in emissions from base year 2019/2020 to 2030. We aim to use 100% renewable energy at our offices where possible. For sites where this is not possible or practicable, we have purchased Renewable Energy Certificates, meaning that 100% of the energy purchased during the year was renewable.

We have reduced our Scope 1 and 2 market-based emissions by 80% since 2019/2020. Total market-based emissions if we had not purchased Renewable Energy Certificates would have been 168 tCO2e, a 65% reduction in Scope 2 market-based emissions.

Scope 3

We have also set a Scope 3 target to achieve a 20% reduction in emissions across our supply chain by 2035 from 2019/2020. In 2024/2025, we engaged further with key suppliers in respect of sustainability issues which has enabled us to better understand the progress they are making in their own efforts to reduce carbon emissions associated with their operations and how we can partner with them to achieve Bloomsbury’s own targets. In 2024/2025 we continued our paper audit, improving the accuracy of Bloomsbury’s carbon footprint. It also informed strategic decisions around paper resulting in a 16% reduction in paper related emissions.

CDP climate change and forestry questionnaires

In 2024/2025 we achieved a CDP climate change score of B for the third year running, which demonstrates our coordinated action on climate issues. In 2024/2025 we continued to respond to the CDP forest questionnaire as part of the ongoing assessment of biodiversity impact linked to our operations and supply chain. We achieved a C for a second year in a row, indicative of awareness-level engagement.

Please see our Annual Report for more detail.