Social Value & Carbon Reduction
Social value commitments
- Open soorce: we big an mainteen open-soorce software (Highway DSL an ither tools). The tools we pit oot unner the Apache-2.0 an MIT licences can be uised freely by onybody, includin UK public bodies. This is oor maist ongoing contreibution an it is verifiable at github.com/rodmena-limited, whaur ilka repository states its ain licence.
- Skills: engagements include genuine knowledge transfer — training the customer's engineers to run their systems without us.
- UK economy: we are UK-based, UK-taxed and hire and subcontract in the UK when we grow.
- Fair wark: onybody ingagèd bi the companie warks freely, on fair terms, wi prompt peyment o suppliers an subcontractors. A supplier or subcontractor wi a peyment querie can contact payments@rodmena.co.uk.
- Accessibility: oor public web presence meets WCAG 2.2 AA (see the accessibility statement).
Carbon Reduction Plan
Structured wi reference tae PPN 006 (Carbon Reduction Plans) an proportionate tae a micro-business wi nae premises open tae the public, nae fleet an nae manufacturin.
Commitment tae Net Zero
RODMENA LIMITED is committed tae achievin net-zero emissions fur its ain operations by 2050 or sooner.
Baseline emissions
Status: bein measurt. The company wis incorporatit in May 2025; oor first emissions baseline (Scope 1, Scope 2 an relevant Scope 3 categories) is bein established fur oor first full year o operation an will be publisht here wi its methodology. We will no publish estimatit figures as if they war measurements. As a remote-first software company we hae nae Scope 1 sources; oor footprint is dominatit by purchast electricity, cloud/hosting services an limitit business travel.
Reduction measures already in place
- Warkin remote-first — nae commutin or office energy footprint
- Software architecture that cuttens doun the nummer o servers per warkload (fewer pairts that muive, less energy)
- A likin for hostin providers wi credible renewable-energy commitments
- Rail-first travel policy within Great Britain; video-first by default
- Hardware keepit in service lang-term, then reused or WEEE-recycled
Nex steps
- Publish the measurt baseline an methodology fur oor first full operatin year
- Set reduction targets agin that baseline
- Report progress here ilka year
See forby oor Environmental Policy.