Connect Medical Solutions Limited (CMS)
Carbon Reduction Plan

Company number: 13618356

For the Financial Year Ending 31 March 2026

Publication Date: 10th August 2026

Introduction

Connect Medical Solutions Limited (CMS) is committed to responsible business practices and to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with its UK operations and healthcare workforce supply activities. This Carbon Reduction Plan has been prepared for the 2026 reporting year using activity data for 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.

In accordance with Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 006: Taking Account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the Procurement of Major Government Contracts, updated July 2025, suppliers bidding for relevant public contracts must provide a Carbon Reduction Plan confirming their commitment to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. CMS has adopted an earlier Net Zero target of 2040.

Baseline Year and Emission Footprint

CMS retains 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 as its formal baseline year. The previously published detailed baseline emissions table reported total emissions of 79.0857 tCO2e, comprising Scope 1 of 0.0000 tCO2e, Scope 2 of 3.2006 tCO2e and Scope 3 of 75.8851 tCO2e. This detailed total is used as the formal baseline for this updated plan and for measuring future progress.

• 2022 baseline: 79.0857 tCO2e
• 2025 current Scope 1: 0.0000 tCO2e
• 2025 current Scope 2: 0.0000 tCO2e
• 2025 current Scope 3: 50.0633 tCO2e
• 2025 current total: 50.0633 tCO2e

The updated 2025 calculation uses UK Government 2025 greenhouse gas conversion factors and the latest activity information available to CMS. Where precise activity data was unavailable, reasonable and documented estimates have been used. The resulting 2025 footprint is 50.0633 tCO2e, representing an estimated reduction of approximately 36.7% against the detailed 2022 baseline of 79.0857 tCO2e.

Carbon Reduction Targets

CMS is committed to achieving Net Zero by 2040 through the following long-term targets:

1. 2030: Achieve a 60% reduction compared with the 2022 baseline, targeting approximately 30 tCO2e.
2. 2035: Achieve a 90% reduction compared with the 2022 baseline, targeting approximately 6 tCO2e.
3. 2040: Achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions, with any residual emissions addressed through credible and verified carbon removal measures where reduction is not reasonably practicable.

These targets will be reviewed annually and adjusted based on operational performance, business growth, progress against objectives and emerging technologies.

Scope for Achieving our Carbon Reduction Goals

• Maintain a remote-first operating model where operationally appropriate, avoiding emissions associated with maintaining a dedicated office.
• Continue digital candidate registration, electronic compliance documentation, contracts, timesheets, payroll documentation, invoicing and finance processes.
• Use telephone and video meetings where appropriate and limit physical business travel to occasions where face-to-face attendance adds operational value.
• Prefer public transport for UK business travel where reasonably practicable.
• Consider healthcare worker home location when matching workers to NHS assignments and encourage lower-carbon travel options where practical.
• Review greenhouse gas emissions annually using the applicable UK Government conversion factors and improve data quality where practical.
• Periodically review healthcare-worker travel patterns and identify practical opportunities to reduce unnecessary travel.
• Minimise unnecessary printing and postal correspondence and consider environmental impacts in future purchasing and supplier decisions.

Scope 3 Carbon Accounting

CMS continues to refine its Scope 3 carbon accounting in line with PPN 006 guidance and recognised greenhouse gas reporting standards. Reporting includes relevant upstream activities such as employee and healthcare worker commuting, business travel, purchased goods and services, and supplier-related transportation where applicable.

From the 2025 reporting year onwards, CMS will continue to improve the completeness of Scope 3 reporting by considering additional downstream activities associated with the delivery of recruitment and workforce supply services, including cloud-hosted systems, candidate onboarding activities and client-facing business travel, where reliable data is available and the activities are material to the organisation’s carbon footprint.

Environmental and sustainability considerations are incorporated into supplier selection and business-partner due diligence where appropriate. As supplier reporting continues to mature, CMS will encourage greater sustainability data sharing and carbon-reporting alignment across its value chain.

Our objective is to improve the completeness, consistency and accuracy of Scope 3 reporting each year as operational data improves and reporting methodologies continue to evolve.

Alignment with ISO 14001

Our Carbon Reduction Plan has been developed with reference to the environmental management principles of ISO 14001, providing a structured framework for identifying, monitoring and continually improving environmental performance. This wording describes alignment with the principles of the standard and does not imply ISO 14001 certification.

Internal Changes and Awareness

Internal engagement is fundamental to achieving our carbon reduction objectives. Environmental responsibilities are reinforced through management review and ongoing awareness activities. CMS promotes sustainable working practices through its remote-first operating model, digital-first business processes, minimisation of unnecessary travel and consideration of environmental impacts when making operational and business decisions.

Averages and Data Gaps

Where complete activity data is unavailable, CMS uses recognised estimation methodologies together with the latest UK Government greenhouse gas conversion factors. This provides a proportionate and transparent assessment of the carbon footprint while allowing data quality and completeness to improve year-on-year.

Organisational Boundary and Operating Model

This Carbon Reduction Plan covers the UK operations of Connect Medical Solutions Limited. During 2025, CMS had three internal staff: two directors and one business manager. All three worked from home throughout the reporting year. The registered address at 147 Underwood Place, Oldbrook, Milton Keynes, England, MK6 2TT was used for business correspondence and approximately 10 letters were received there during the year.

CMS had approximately 150-160 active healthcare workers per month. Approximately 10-15 workers per month were paid through CMS PAYE arrangements, while the majority were paid through umbrella companies. Healthcare-worker placement travel is included within the Scope 3 footprint for transparency and consistency, while the employment basis is clearly identified in the methodology.

Key Focus Areas and Strategies

1. Healthcare Worker Travel

• Approximately 16,000 healthcare shifts were completed at UK healthcare locations during 2025.
• Average travel distance is estimated at 10 miles one way, equivalent to 20 miles return per completed shift.
• Estimated travel-mode split: 35% average car (fuel type unknown), 25% national rail, 25% local bus and 15% walking/cycling.
• Walking and cycling are treated as zero transport emissions.
• CMS does not reimburse routine healthcare-worker commuting costs.
• CMS will continue to consider worker home location when offering assignments and encourage lower-carbon travel options where reasonably practicable.

2. Remote Working

• All three internal staff worked from home throughout 2025.
• Homeworking activity is estimated at 5,520 FTE working hours: three staff x 46 weeks x 5 days x 8 hours.
• The UK Government 2025 homeworking factor is used to estimate incremental heating and office-equipment emissions associated with remote working.

3. Digital-First Working

• Candidate registration, compliance and communication are undertaken primarily through telephone/video calls and electronic documentation.
• Contracts, timesheets and payroll-related documentation are primarily electronic.
• Accounting, invoicing and finance processes are primarily digital.
• Cloud-hosted systems support recruitment, compliance, onboarding and operational delivery.

4. Business Travel

• Using the same operating assumptions applied to the associated carbon-accounting methodology, approximately 20 return client-meeting journeys are estimated for 2025, averaging 50 miles return, equivalent to approximately 1,000 passenger miles.
• Estimated modal split: 60% national rail, 25% London Underground and 15% local bus.
• No flights, hotels, taxis, hire cars or personal-car business journeys are included in the 2025 estimate.

5. Waste, Printing and Postal Activity

• CMS operates without a dedicated physical office, so conventional office waste is limited.
• For consistency with the established estimation methodology, business-related waste is estimated at approximately one 5 kg household-size bag per week, equivalent to 260 kg per year, with an estimated 50% recycled and 50% residual/general waste split.
• Approximately 160 ID badges were issued during 2025 and posted to UK addresses.
• Approximately 10 business letters were received at the registered address.
• Printing and postal activity are treated as relatively small contributors compared with healthcare-worker travel.

Net Zero Commitment

Connect Medical Solutions Limited recognises the role businesses play in addressing climate change and is committed to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. The company’s approach is proportionate to its remote operating model while recognising that the majority of the measured footprint arises from indirect Scope 3 activities.

1. Comprehensive Emission Reduction Strategies

• Maintain remote working where operationally appropriate and avoid unnecessary dedicated-office energy consumption.
• Continue digital-first recruitment, compliance, finance and payroll processes.
• Reduce avoidable travel through remote meetings and location-aware worker matching.
• Encourage lower-carbon travel modes for business travel and healthcare-worker placement travel where practical.

2. Responsible Energy and Technology Use

• CMS does not maintain a dedicated office energy footprint within the reporting boundary.
• Cloud-hosted technology supports remote and digital working.
• Future technology and operational purchasing decisions will consider environmental impact alongside security, service and commercial requirements.

3. Stakeholder Engagement and Transparency

• Environmental and sustainability factors are considered as part of supplier and business-partner due diligence where appropriate.
• Environmental responsibilities are communicated internally.
• The company will continue to publish and update its Carbon Reduction Plan in accordance with applicable procurement requirements.

4. Continuous Improvement and Innovation

• Emissions will be reviewed annually using the applicable UK Government greenhouse gas conversion factors.
• Where estimates are currently necessary, CMS will seek proportionate opportunities to improve data quality.
• Healthcare-worker travel will remain a key focus because it represents the largest component of the measured footprint.

5. Measurable Milestones and Accountability

• 2030: 60% reduction from the 2022 baseline, targeting approximately 30 tCO2e.
• 2035: 90% reduction from the 2022 baseline, targeting approximately 6 tCO2e.
• 2040: Net Zero.
• Nathan Smith, Director, has sign-off authority for this Carbon Reduction Plan.
• Environmental performance and carbon-reduction activity will be subject to director review.

Carbon Reduction Measures in Place / to be Maintained

The following environmental management measures were in place during the 2025 reporting year:

• Remote-first working for the internal team.
• Digital candidate registration, compliance documentation and communication.
• Electronic contracts, timesheets and payroll documentation.
• Digital accounting, invoicing and finance processes.
• Cloud-hosted recruitment and operational systems.
• Use of Teams/video calls for meetings where practical.
• Public transport preferred for face-to-face business meetings where practical.
• Healthcare-worker home location considered when matching workers to assignments.
• Healthcare workers encouraged to use lower-carbon travel options where practical.
• Environmental/sustainability considerations incorporated into supplier and business-partner due diligence.

Planned Measures 2026-2030

• Continue remote working where operationally appropriate.
• Continue digital-first documentation and electronic communication.
• Prefer public transport for UK business travel where practical.
• Review carbon emissions annually using current UK Government conversion factors.
• Periodically review healthcare-worker travel patterns and encourage lower-carbon options where reasonably practicable.
• Minimise unnecessary printing and postal correspondence.
• Consider environmental impact in future operational, technology, procurement and supplier decisions.

These measures will be reviewed annually and adjusted where appropriate in response to business activity, improved data availability and emerging good practice.

Baseline Emissions Footprint

Baseline Year: 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022

The detailed baseline figures below are retained from CMS’s previously published Carbon Reduction Plan and are used as the formal reference point for measuring progress.

Note: the previously published CMS webpage includes a narrative reference to 75.88 tCO2e as the 2022 baseline; however, its detailed Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 table totals 79.0857 tCO2e. This updated plan uses the detailed table total of 79.0857 tCO2e for consistency and mathematical reconciliation.

Detailed 2022 baseline components: Electricity 3.1061 tCO2e; Gas (heating) 0.0945 tCO2e; Waste Generated in Operations 2.1281 tCO2e; Upstream Transportation & Distribution 0.0000 tCO2e; Downstream Transportation & Distribution 0.0000 tCO2e; Business Travel 0.0000 tCO2e; Commuting 68.3311 tCO2e; Work From Home 5.4259 tCO2e.

2025 Calculation Methodology – Summary

The calculation uses activity data for the 2025 calendar year and the UK Government 2025 greenhouse gas conversion factors. The principal factors applied are:

• Average car – unknown fuel type: 0.16725 kg CO2e per vehicle km.
• National rail: 0.03546 kg CO2e per passenger km.
• Average local bus: 0.10385 kg CO2e per passenger km.
• London Underground: 0.02780 kg CO2e per passenger km.
• Homeworking: 0.33378 kg CO2e per FTE working hour.
• Commercial/industrial residual waste to landfill and a recycling-treatment proxy, applied to the estimated waste split.

Healthcare-worker travel is estimated from 16,000 completed shifts, a 20-mile return journey per shift and the agreed modal split. Homeworking is estimated from 5,520 FTE working hours. Business travel is estimated from approximately 1,000 passenger miles. Waste is estimated at 260 kg per year, with a 50% recycled / 50% residual split.

The 160 ID badges and approximately 10 letters are disclosed as part of the operational narrative. No separate material courier/freight figure has been added because carrier-distance activity data is not available and the physical volumes are small relative to the total organisational footprint.

Current Emissions Reporting

Current Year: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025

This updated 2025 footprint supersedes the previously published 2025 total of 20.3514 tCO2e because the revised calculation incorporates the current activity data provided for approximately 16,000 healthcare shifts and the updated operating assumptions documented in this plan.

Narratives

Scope 1: No company-controlled combustion, owned/controlled vehicles or dedicated business premises have been included in the 2025 reporting boundary.

Scope 2: No separately metered or directly purchased office electricity, heat, steam or cooling has been included. The internal team worked remotely, and homeworking impacts are reported separately within Scope 3.

Waste Generated in Operations: estimated at approximately 260 kg per year, with 50% recycled and 50% residual waste. Where the residual treatment route is not evidenced, a conservative landfill factor has been applied.

Upstream Transportation & Distribution: no material freight or distribution activity was identified. Purchased ID-card materials and limited incoming correspondence are disclosed in the narrative but no separate freight-distance dataset is available.

Downstream Transportation & Distribution: CMS does not sell or distribute physical products. Approximately 160 lightweight ID badges were posted to UK healthcare workers; the volume is small and no carrier-distance activity dataset was available for a reliable separate freight calculation.

Business Travel: approximately 1,000 passenger miles using an estimated split of 60% national rail, 25% London Underground and 15% average local bus.

Commuting / healthcare-worker travel: based on approximately 16,000 UK shifts, 20 miles return per shift and a modal split of 35% average car, 25% national rail, 25% local bus and 15% walking/cycling. CMS had approximately 150-160 active workers per month, around 10-15 paid through PAYE and the majority through umbrella companies.

Work From Home: calculated from 5,520 FTE working hours for the three internal staff using the UK Government 2025 homeworking factor.

Reporting Year: 2026

Declaration and Sign Off

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 006 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans.

Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol Corporate Standard and use the appropriate UK Government greenhouse gas conversion factors for company reporting.

Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with the applicable reporting principles. The required subset of Scope 3 emissions has been considered in accordance with the PPN 006 technical standard and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard. CMS also reports healthcare-worker placement travel and homeworking as relevant Scope 3 information.

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors (or equivalent management body).

Signed on behalf of Connect Medical Solutions Limited:

Nathan Smith

Director

Date: 10/08/2026

References

• Cabinet Office – PPN 006: Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts (updated July 2025).
• Cabinet Office – PPN 006: Technical standard for Completion of Carbon Reduction Plans.
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2025.
• Greenhouse Gas Protocol – Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.
• Greenhouse Gas Protocol – Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.
• Connect Medical Solutions – previously published Carbon Reduction Plan (2022 baseline and 2025 reporting data).

Calculation Notes

Calculated 2025 emissions: 50.0633 tCO2e. Against the formal 2022 baseline of 79.0857 tCO2e, this represents an estimated reduction of approximately 36.7%. Figures are rounded to four decimal places. Estimates and assumptions should be refreshed when more precise activity data becomes available.