Report Overview
Love Heartwood first reporting year is 2022. In 2022 the company produced 0.7 tonnes of carbon emission from the recorded categories.
The largest impact from Love Heartwood activity falls under the scope 3 category of advertising, which includes activities such as the attendance at craft fairs and adverts in publications. Bar offsetting unavoidable travel there is not a way to further reduce this part of the footprint.
Introduction
This is the first climate report for Love Heartwood. We’re committed to creating toys that connect children with their natural world and demonstrating how we can live in harmony with nature.
The year 2022 has been selected as the base year for the company’s first climate reporting. The turnover of the company in 2022 was £20,834 and the company has 1 employee, being the founder.
The purpose of the reporting is to increase the understanding of what is driving the company’s greenhouse gas emissions, set targets to reduce them, and secure transparency and traceability on the journey towards net-zero by 2050.
Methodology
The greenhouse gas accounting is based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s corporate and value chain standards (ghgprotocol.org).
The GHG Protocol defines emissions in three scopes:
- Scope 1 – The company’s direct emissions from vehicles, combustion, processes, or leakages.
- Scope 2 – The company’s indirect emissions (electricity, heating, cooling) from energy purchased and consumed.
- Scope 3 – Greenhouse gas emissions that occur upstream and downstream in the company’s value chain, as a consequence of the company’s operations.
Total greenhouse gas emissions are quantified in carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e), which take into consideration that different greenhouse gases (Carbon dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, Methane etc.) have different global warming factors.
To set the organisational boundary the “operational control” principle is used, i.e., emissions from vehicles, assets, purchases, and services over which the company has control are taken into account, regardless of whether they are owned, part-owned, leased, rented or freeware.
For calculation of the company’s emissions from electricity (scope 2), the “market-based” principle is used, i.e. the emission intensity of grid electricity is separated between green electricity contracts and a residual mix.
The emission factors come from DEFRA and GHG, supplemented with specific emission factors when significant. The Compare Your Footprint software calculator has been used, created by the Green Element Group.
The carbon calculations have been carried out with the help of Naturesave Trust funded consultancy support from Positive Impacts.
Operational boundaries and reporting accuracy
Calculating a company’s total climate impact is an extensive process, especially for emissions within scope 3.
Hence, as a first step, an impact analysis was performed in which the company’s emissions in each category were identified and their overall impact estimated. The category selection was also based on what information was easily available via the business accounting systems. Subsequently it is listed which categories were include and excluded for the reporting year.
Scope | Sub-category Activity | Essential | Data Quality |
Scope 1 – Direct emissions | 1.1 Combustion | No | NA |
1.2 Processes | No | NA | |
1.3 Emission from own passenger vehicles | No | Good | |
1.4 Emission from own fleet | No | NA | |
1.5 Refrigerants leakage | No | NA | |
1.6 Other direct emissions | NA | ||
Scope 2 – Energy | 2.1 Electricity | Yes | Good |
2.2 District heating | No | NA | |
2.3 District cooling | No | NA | |
2.4 Steam | No | NA | |
2.5 Water | No | NA | |
2.6 Other direct energy | No | NA | |
Scope 3 – Upstream | 3.1 Purchased goods and services | Good | |
3.2 Capital goods | No | NA | |
3.3 Fuel – and energy related activities | No | NA | |
3.4 Upstream transport | No | NA | |
3.5 Waste generated in operations | No | NA | |
3.6 Business travel | Yes | Good | |
3.7 Employee commuting | No | NA | |
3.8 Leased assets | No | NA | |
Scope 3 – Downstream | 3.9 Downstream transports | No | NA |
3.10 Processing of sold products | No | NA | |
3.11 Use of sold products | No | NA | |
3.12 End-of-life treatment of sold products | No | NA | |
3.13 Leased assets | No | NA | |
3.14 Franchise | No | NA | |
3.15 Investments | No | NA |
Overall, the company’s reported emissions can be considered comprehensive, expected to cover at least 95% of the company’s value chain emissions.
Company emissions 2022
The company’s greenhouse gas emissions for the base year 2022 have been calculated to total 0.7 tonnes CO2e, which corresponds to 0.747 tonnes of CO2e per employee and 0.000036 tonnes CO2e/ £ turnover.


Emissions not reported upon are:
- Waste – the data was not available by weight. However we contributed to the circular economy in recycling 1 tonne of wood shavings, which was passed onto a local primary school for compost production. Additionally we plan to make wood briquettes, which are then used for heating.
- Packaging – the data was not available by weight.
- Web and internet hosting – the correct data metrics were not available.
These categories will be included in the 2023 report.

Commitment and targets
The company’s overall goal is to align with a +1,5 degree C trajectory, by following the “carbon law” and to halve emissions before 2030 and reach net-zero emissions well before 2050.
More specifically, Love Heartwood pledges to:
- Reduce the carbon footprint per employee from a 2022 base year with:
- Scope 1 – N/A
- Scope 2 – N/A
- Scope 3 – 25% by 2030
- Reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 2050.
- Disclose our progress on a yearly basis.
Actions to reduce emissions
To achieve our near-term target several actions have been identified:
Scope | Category | Action |
1 | Own vehicles | Use only 100% electric vehicles in the future |
2 | Purchased electricity | Ensure renewable energy contracts continueDemand improved carbon reporting and climate actions from cloud server providers |
3 | Purchased goods and services | Demand improved carbon reporting and climate actions from advertising service providers |
3 | Capital goods | Majority of purchased computers, phones and other IT equipment will be bought 2nd hand/refurbished and used/repaired for many years. |
3 | Business travel | Strict travel policy. No flying. All car usage must be fully electric/ and or used with offsets for unavoidable travel. |
3 | Employee commuting | Keep commuting emissions close to zero, by planning office location and demanding employees to travel by train, bus, bike, or EV. |
Management and strategy
The responsibility for climate strategy and action is clearly allocated at the executive level of the company. Our full business is built around climate action, protecting nature and sustainability.
Other initiatives
- We’ve been committed tree planting since 2019 with the help of Green The UK and The Royal Forestry Society. Love Heartwood supported the planting of 600 climate resilient trees across the UK in 2021 – 2022. These trees have been planted in Norfolk and will increase each woodland’s resilience to pests, diseases and/or climate change. The sites will transform into habitats where local wildlife can flourish, improving biodiversity as well as providing carbon sequestration.
We also take the following steps to reduce our carbon footprint:
- Choose Local & Sustainable – All our wood is reclaimed or from local, responsible and sustainable sources.
- Reduce Waste and Reuse – we use reclaimed wood. We also reduce production waste by making smaller items from the offcuts from the larger ones. The wood shavings, which are the business’ main waste product, are donated to a local school. They use the shavings in their food composter. Recycled paper and cardboard is used in the office as well as for our packaging and stationary.
- Low carbon footprint – We seek out and choose to use suppliers with similar values as ourselves. We aim for them to be as local as possible to keep transportation distances to a minimum. e.g. the hemp seed oil used to seal bowls and plates is produced just across the Thames in Oxfordshire. The Love Heartwood website is hosted on a green server that runs on renewable wind power. We also sell with Etsy, who have pledged a net-zero operation by 2030, and offset all shipping emissions.
- U.N. Sustainable Development Goals – our tree planting pledge is enabling us to take action on goals 13 Climate Action and 15 Life on Land.

