The climate crisis is one of the greatest issues facing society today and as a responsible company, we know we must play a role in helping to tackle it.
By taking science-based actions to reduce our total carbon emissions, and by understanding and reviewing our operational footprint and supply chain, we can ensure we are conducting our business in the most sustainable way.
Focus areas:
Reducing Direct Emissions
Nichols has a strong track record in reducing carbon emissions across Scope 1 and 2, and we have an ambitious target to reduce them by 80% by 2030, against a 2018 baseline, in order to reach net zero by or before 2050.
Key Progress in 2025
Using a market-based approach, the business’ total carbon
emissions for the financial year amounted to 676 tCO₂e,
representing a 5% decrease from the previous year
Decarbonising our Supply Chains
Reducing our Scope 1 and 2 emissions is important, but we know the majority of our emissions are Scope 3, produced by the various third party supply chains that enable us to create our products and deliver them to our customers.
So reducing our Scope 3 emissions is vital if we are to achieve our decarbonisation targets.
Key Progress in 2025
In 2025, we purchased a carbon accounting tool and gathered Scope 3 data across our UK and International supply chains in order to further understand our total carbon footprint.
Responsible Water Usage
We recognise that it is more important than ever to use water responsibly and address the risk of increased water scarcity in some of our markets.
Key Progress in 2025
Our 2025 total water consumption for manufacturing products in the UK was 247,288m3. We understand and track the water intensity associated with our products at the various production sites across the UK, working with both our own manufacturing site and our partners to drive continuous improvement. Our current water ratio is 2.1 litres of water used to make 1.0 litre of product.
Highlights
Continued to reduce our emissions
In 2025 we reduced our total carbon emissions by 5% YoY
Renewable energy
We continue to purchase 100% renewable energy across our business
Collaboration on climate commitments
We work with our international partners to identify and develop areas of alignment between our climate commitments, and identify shared goals across carbon emissions and water usage
Stories
Find out about some of the ways we’re helping to reduce our carbon footprint