# Collins Hume

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2022 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Professional Services
**Website:** https://www.collinshume.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.collinshume.com/legacy

## Sustainability story

Like you, we want to leave a positive and long-lasting legacy. One that's about contribution as opposed to consumption. It's important to us that we witness first-hand the positive difference we make. We want to make a living legacy that will be timeless. And every day, we feel deeply privileged to live, work and play in one of the most beautiful and prosperous regions in Australia and the world. We want to add to that beauty and prosperity not just locally but around the world too. Our giving and daily actions play a part in making sure of that. We can choose to partake in any number of lifestyle choices on our doorstep, we thrive in our locale, and our kids are healthy and strong. Given this, it would be remiss of us not to play a small part in bringing basics such as clean drinking water, sustenance, education, and hope to people worldwide. And to leave the planet better a better place. That's the kind of legacy of which we can all be proud. To make that happen, we work both locally AND globally. Globally, we partner with B1G1.com, 1% for the Planet & Climate Neutral. By partnering with us together we are creating smiles, changing lives and creating a better world.

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** Collins Hume's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. Collins Hume attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate Project team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 72 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 72 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 72 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 72 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per FTE — FTE

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2,300 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 2,904.76 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 3,727.27 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 72 | 3,130.43 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from employee travel to work, between offices and to training events. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce waste that goes to landfills by adopting better waste disposal methods. (source: Goods & services, target: Q2 2023, completion: 90%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce total business travel for all employees by reducing attendances at conferences and events and reverting to webinars and video conferencing. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Move the hosting of our servers from outdated & costly storage facilities to Microsoft Azure, which increases our energy efficiency. (source: Software & servers, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Upgrade computer hardware to more energy efficient computers and monitors to reduce emissions. In 2024 FY we plan to replace at least 50% of our PC's with newer more energy efficient computers. (source: Capital expenditures, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Adopt ATO Smart Docs to reduce paper and postage costs on ATO Mail. The integration of this software into our business will further eliminate the need for the ATO to produce and send hard copies of documents and paper. (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2026, completion: 90%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate hard copies of annual reports and adopt Electronic File sharing and electronic Approvals for Financial Statements. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2025, completion: 85%)
- **Scope 3** — Implement a low carbon sourcing/purchasing policy to by changing the use of plastic document cases to recycled cardboard cases by 100% across financial statement document packages. (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Change from outdated Server based software to cloud based software by 2027. Plan to be 100% cloud based with no server by 2028 (source: Software and servers, target: 2027, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $1,099.5

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $0
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [BVC] Kootznoowoo Forestry Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $507 — type: Forestry, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2022, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] A-Gas V12 (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $142.5 — type: Industrial, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2022, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] SeaTrees Carbon Credit (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $450 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2024, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees

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