Vodafone Group Plc ESG addendum
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Protecting our Planet
Empowering People
Building Trust
Other information
Scope 1 GHG emissions These are emissions from operations under our operational control and include those from: – Diesel, petrol and other fuel used by cars and commercial vehicles owned by Vodafone or leased for six months or more; – Natural gas and other heating fuels used for space heating and hot water in our premises; – Diesel and petrol used for stationary power generators in off- grid areas, or where back-up capacity is required; and – Fugitive releases of refrigerants or fire suppressants used for air-conditioning or fire control systems in network buildings and offices. Conversion factors from the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been used to calculate GHG emissions from other fuel sources such as diesel, petrol, natural gas and fuel oil as well as those from vehicles.
Our reporting of renewable electricity has been developed with reference to the RE100 Technical Criteria (December 2022) 1 . Where our definition of renewable grid electricity differs from the definition applied by the RE100 Technical Criteria, this is disclosed in this methodology. Portfolio changes We include performance data from newly acquired businesses at the end of their first full year of new ownership in line with our policy on reporting environmental data. In terms of setting a revised baseline to reflect acquisitions, disposals or a change of control, our policy is determined as follows: – Acquisitions are built into the baseline using either actual or estimated data at the end of their first full year of ownership based on our assessment of operational control; – Disposals are removed from the baseline in the year of disposal if part of the Group for less than six months or in the following year if part of the Group for more than six months; – Where prior year data has been re-stated to correct any significant errors identified this will be noted along with the reason for re-statement; and – Where there is an update to the calculation methodology that causes a significant change in the previously stated data all prior year information will be restated. This year we have re-baselined our GHG emissions across all prior periods to reflect the disposal of Vodafone Spain on 31 May 2024.
Data gathering process and methods Energy usage data is based on invoices from our energy suppliers, which in some cases include the supplier’s estimated readings. Increasingly, we measure our energy consumption through smart metering, a technology that uses mobile communications to collect real-time consumption data from energy meters. Under this approach we have accounted for 100% of emissions from the operations over which we have operational control within the Scope 1 and 2 footprints. We report on data collected using local market actual or estimates sourced from invoices, purchasing requisitions or direct data measurements. Emissions from our joint ventures and associates are accounted for within our Scope 3 GHG emissions. Where actual data is not available for the full reporting period, data for the missing period is estimated using an appropriate and reasonable estimation method (for example, extrapolation using the year-to-date monthly average, or based on prior year data for the corresponding time period). Due to a time lag in the availability of actual data, the majority of GHG emissions data has been estimated for the month of March 2025. If in our future year reporting the reconciliation of estimated data against actual data identifies a material error, we will restate our reporting in accordance with our policy for restatement.
Notes: 1 Revisions to the RE100 Technical Criteria published in March 2025 have not been applied to our FY25 reporting. We intend to take these revisions into account for future reporting.
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