Protecting Climate and Nature

By committing to the Science-Based Targets aligned with a 1.5° future by the close of 2024, collaborating with suppliers to prioritise the reduction of our scope 3 emissions, and establishing goals for deforestation-free practices, we are actively reshaping our operations to reduce our environmental footprint.

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Science Based Targets

THG is conscious of the impact of its operations and supply chain on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But it is also highly aware and committed to its responsibility to reducing its emissions and have net-zero operational GHG emissions by 2040.

In alignment with the latest climate science and the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, THG's net-zero GHG emission targets were officially validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) in late 2023.

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Partnership in Action (PACT)

Given that 97% of THG's overall carbon footprint originates from Scope 3 (indirect emissions), it is imperative for us to proactively address this issue in order to fulfill our net-zero carbon emission targets and commitments by 2040.

To help solve the complexity of decarbonising THG’s scope 3, THG launched its Partnership in Action (PAct) initiative at the end of 2023. The programme aims to partner and collaborate with suppliers and vendors to decarbonise their operations over time, which has the simultaneous benefit of reducing THG’s scope 3 emissions.

Eco Deliveries

To reduce the environmental impact of our delivery services, while maintaining an exceptional customer experience, we have optimised our approach to ‘last-mile’ deliveries.

When customers selected an Eco Delivery at checkout, we used their postcode data to intelligently assess the most environmentally friendly delivery route. Our partners, Royal Mail and Paack, then ensured that the last mile of the delivery was completed on foot, electric vehicle or via bicycle couriers.

Overall, these optimisations drove a 24% year-on-year reduction in our CO2 emissions per shipment in the UK.

Climate	Operate net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) across our operations.
Nature	Have a positive impact to biodiversity and nature ecosystems across our own brands.
Water	Use water sustainably in high water impact areas of our value chain.

Climate	THG commits to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2020 base year	By 2030
Climate	THG commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 97.7% by 2040 from a 2020 base year	By 2040
Climate	THG commits to reduce absolute scope 3 emissions 90% by 2040 from a 2020 base year	By 2040
Climate	THG commits that 85% of its suppliers by spend covering purchased goods and services and upstream transportation and distribution will have science-based targets by 2027	By 2027
Climate	Accelerate decarbonisation of supply-chain electricity through a 100% carbon-free electricity (CFE) by 2030 target	By 2030
Climate	Achieve 6% carbon intensity reduction YoY of supplier’s full product carbon footprint, beyond just electricity	By 2030
Climate	Powering all our geographical operations with 100% Renewable Energy by 2030	By 2030
Nature	All own brand Key Commodity raw materials to be deforestation free by 2030	By 2030
Water	Being a tech company, data is at the core of THG, and the Group have taken steps to determine baselines across all sustainability focused initiatives across the business to set efficient, effective, and measurable sustainability goals including water. THG have temporarily removed our water targets to attain data and determine a baseline. This will help determine internal processes to meet the new revised external water target for 2025.