Targets and KPIs
Climate change is the most pressing challenge of our time, and beyond the potential business and financial impacts, it threatens our ability to provide accessible fitness for all.
We are committed to reducing our carbon emissions, and we recognise the importance of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5ºC and are proud to be the world’s first fitness operator to have a net zero emissions target validated by The Science Based Targets initiative (‘SBTi’) in line with a 1.5ºC trajectory.
We will take a proactive, strategic approach to reducing our environmental impacts and are leading the way within the health and fitness sector. We continue to reduce our carbon emissions and environmental impact and are investing in energy-efficient design and technology for our new and existing sites.
Our responsibility to the environment is a significant way in which we align and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Our efforts to procure renewable energy and increase the energy efficiency of our gyms align with SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy; our efforts to reduce waste and water align with SDG 12 – Responsible Production and Consumption; and our approach to address our carbon risk aligns with SDG 13 – Taking Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change.
Responsibility to the environment
-3%
Scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2023, compared to 2019
-12.4%
reduction in energy consumption per gym from 2019 base year
Reducing our carbon emissions
Our strategy is to deliver energy efficiency in our sites by exemplary design and high-quality maintenance. Our carbon emissions are measured and reported as required under the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Account and Reports) Regulations 2008 as amended in 2013. Our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions are calculated in line with the Greenhouse Gas (‘GHG’) Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standards (revised edition 2015) and data is gathered to fulfil the requirements under the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme to calculate the disclosures.
In addition to the total carbon emissions, we will report two intensity metrics to track our progress in reducing carbon emissions:
- tCO2e per million member visits
- tCO2e per gym
Our carbon reduction target
We are committed to:
2030
achieving our near term target of a 50% scope reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions
2035
decarbonising these emissions
2045
achieving net zero, based on a science-based target
From a 2019 baseline, aligned with the UK government's commitment for grid decarbonisation as published in 2021. Reduction in Scope 3 emissions by 54% per gym by 2030 and 97% by 2045 to achieve the absolute long term target of 90% reduction for Scope 1, 2, and 3.
Our carbon reduction commitments
Suppliers
We commit to engaging with all our key suppliers to set their own emission reduction targets, aligned by climate science, by 2028.
Members
We commit to developing a member engagement plan by 2025 to drive forwards our net zero ambition.
Renewable energy
We commit to increasing and maintaining our annual sourcing of renewable electricity to 100% by 2025.
Abatement
We commit to developing our plan to remove and store carbon from the atmosphere. This will offset the impact of our unabated emissions; the maximum 10% of our carbon footprint, which will remain once we have achieved our 2045 target.
As we continue our transition to net zero, we have chosen to offset our scope 1, 2 and operational scope 3 emissions to achieve carbon neutral certification for our business.
Reducing waste to landfill
Poor waste management contributes to climate change and air pollution, and directly affects ecosystems. Landfill release methane and are considered the last resort in the waste hierarchy.
We are therefore committed to reducing our waste to landfill by:
- preventing waste, especially the use of single use plastic, where we can
- reuse refurbished equipment when appropriate
- recycle as much of our waste as possible and motivate our members to do the same
Reducing use of water
We recognise that water stress is expected to increase in the coming years, and we acknowledge our role in minimising consumption through our operations. As we do note operate any pools, saunas, steam rooms or similar wet facilities, toilet and wash facilities are our primary source of water use.
To allow us to better monitor and manage our water consumption and therefore reduce the environmental impact, we have put systems in place to collect water data and report on water consumption. We continually investigate new technologies that become available and how they could assist us in reducing water consumption.
