Carbon Reduction Plan

Commitment to achieving Net Zero

IMS MAXIMS is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050. We do not yet have a mechanism to record our baseline and ongoing carbon emissions, this is in scope to be achieved and has been approved and prioritised by our Board of Directors.

Completed Carbon Reduction Activities

The following environmental management activities have been implemented to support our commitment to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.

Environmental Policy

We implemented our Environmental Policy in 2014 which is reviewed annually, or sooner where changes in legislation or working practices dictate.

Our Environmental Policy includes the following activities to reduce our carbon emissions:

  • Disposing of waste in an environmentally responsible manner wherever reasonably practicable

  • When purchasing products derived from natural resources, ensuring these are from sustainable sources wherever possible

  • Taking environmental considerations into account when making decisions regarding working practices and purchasing

  • Facilitating, where possible, the reduction in use of company vehicles during working hours, and regularly monitoring the condition of such vehicles with a view to the reduction of harmful emissions

  • Training and encouraging all staff to work in an environmentally responsible manner, and ensuring our systems of communication raise awareness and keep all staff and interested parties informed of environmental considerations

  • Endeavouring where possible to ensure that clients, suppliers, and contractors with whom we have dealings are likewise environmentally minded in their approach to business

  • Conducting audits of procedures and practices and responding to deficiencies through a planned programme of remedial action

Remote Working

We encourage remote and hybrid working wherever possible. The majority of our Employees adopt this model which brings a significant reduction in carbon emissions.

December 2019 brought the COVID-19 Pandemic which dictated remote working. This resulted in an additional 80 employees working from home and therefore not using cars or public transport. Since then, we have retained the following measures to maintain reductions in travel-related carbon emissions:

  • Moving to remote system implementations which is now our preferred option due to the complete reduction in travel-associated carbon emissions

    • Implementations can take several weeks, so this represents a significant saving

  • Meetings, wherever possible, are now conducted remotely by default, with face-to-face visits only carried out where necessary

Office Relocations

  • In July 2021, Our UK Head Office moved to a new, energy efficient location with a floor space of just 20% of the previous office

  • Our Dublin Head Office downsized and reduced their floor space by 66%, moving to a new office location in February 2022. A hot-desk booking system was implemented

  • Surplus office furniture was recycled

  • Old, inefficient electrical items were recycled by an ethical company using energy efficient methods

  • De-commissioned laptops were donated to local children’s homes

Data Housing

  • We rationalised the use of data centres, reducing the requirement for employees to travel to service review meetings

  • We migrated 110 servers from a physical data centre to Azure - enabling us to decommission older, less efficient infrastructure

  • Wherever possible we utilise cloud-based data centres and where this is not an option, we procure energy efficient equipment

Planned Carbon Reduction Activities

  • Measure and record baseline carbon emissions and record this in our Carbon Reduction Plan

  • Record carbon emissions regularly in our Carbon Reduction Plan to track progress to our goal of net zero by 2050

  • Offset our carbon emissions

  • Move our Dublin office to a more energy efficient location

  • Transfer our company car fleet to electric vehicles

Declaration and Sign Off

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans.

This Carbon Reduction Plan was originally signed off by the board of directors on 6th October 2022. It has since been reviewed and signed off on 2nd November 2023.