Family-run SME
North Wales
Net-zero & ESG retainer
Lock Stock Self Storage is a family-run, Denbigh-based business and the UK’s largest container-based storage company, with more than 4,000 units across sites in North and Mid Wales, the North West and the border counties. Having taken part in our Net-Zero Horizons programme, Lock Stock wanted to build on that momentum with year-round support: a partner to measure its footprint, keep sustainability on the board’s agenda through environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting, upskill its team, and turn genuine progress into credible communication with customers and stakeholders.
Month programme
Emission scopes reported
Consultancy hours per quarter
ESG board reporting
The brief
Lock Stock is expanding quickly, and a large share of its units are rented by tradespeople and small businesses, the kind of customers increasingly asking suppliers what they are doing on sustainability. Having already worked with us through Net-Zero Horizons, Lock Stock wanted to keep the momentum going with a proper year-round partner rather than a one-off report, so that carbon, training and ESG stayed live between the big milestones.
The brief was a twelve-month net-zero and ESG programme: annual carbon footprint reporting across Scope 1, 2 and relevant Scope 3 emissions; a dedicated ESG section in the monthly board pack; continued training for the team; hands-on funding and bid support; and help communicating genuine progress to customers and stakeholders in a credible, defensible way.
What the programme includes
The programme runs as an ongoing partnership rather than a single project, with up to thirty hours of consultancy each quarter, so sustainability keeps moving across the whole year. Our courses are CPD-accredited and written in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University.
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Up to thirty hours of consultancy each quarter: strategic planning, emissions monitoring, and keeping sustainability moving between the bigger milestones.
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A dedicated ESG section in the monthly board pack, covering carbon, training progress, community impact and progress against goals, so sustainability sits alongside the numbers the board already tracks.
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Annual carbon footprint reporting across Scope 1, 2 and relevant Scope 3 emissions, with clear reporting to show reductions and progress over time.
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Continued access to bespoke sustainability training, with Carbon Awareness modules refreshed as standards and practice evolve, so the whole team stays engaged.
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Help to identify grants and funding, and hands-on support with applications, so sustainability work also opens doors commercially.
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Support to communicate genuine progress well, with regular updates and the assets to share achievements, kept in line with responsible green-claims guidance so the story stands up to scrutiny.
how it works
Structured so the early work sets the foundations and the rest of the year keeps sustainability visible, owned and moving, across reporting, training, funding and communication.
Establish the carbon baseline across Scope 1, 2 and relevant Scope 3, and agree the year’s priorities together.
Build the ESG section into the monthly board pack, so progress is visible and owned at the top of the business.
Roll out and refresh training across the team, so sustainability is understood on the ground, not only in leadership.
Pursue funding opportunities and share genuine progress with customers and stakeholders, credibly.
Why it works
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Putting ESG in the monthly board pack keeps sustainability owned by leadership and tracked like any other business metric.
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Reporting, training and funding support scale with the business as it opens new sites, rather than being a fixed one-off.
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Bid and funding support means the work also helps win business and unlock grants, not just tick a box.
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Progress is communicated in line with responsible green-claims guidance, so the story stands up to customer and regulator scrutiny.
We work with growing businesses that want reporting, training and ESG kept live all year, not filed once and forgotten. Book a short walkthrough and we’ll talk through how a right-sized net-zero and ESG programme would work for you.
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