Focusrite Group
CDP disclosure has helped global music and audio technology specialist Focusrite Group embed a data-led approach to sustainability across its operations, product design and value chain.
Founded off the back of a one-off commission in 1985, Focusrite’s products are now used in studios, venues and creative spaces around the world. The Group’s sustainability program also has humble beginnings, having started in 2018 as an employee-led initiative before growing into a dedicated Group-level function that covers two divisions and eleven brands.
As part of the program, Focusrite developed an in-house Lifecycle Assessment database, which includes granular, component-level data on over 120 products. This allows the Group’s engineers to identify – and act on – environmental hotspots in their materials, manufacturing and energy usage.
Thanks to this approach, Focusrite has implemented 216 individual sustainability initiatives to date, including the company’s first use of bioplastic and post-consumer recycled aluminum components.
“CDP disclosure has been central to converting our internal data into external credibility and sharper decision-making,” says Andy Land, Focusrite’s Head of Sustainability.
In its second year of disclosure, Focusrite improved its Climate score from a C to a B, with emissions disclosures now rated A. The company also reports that the average carbon footprint of each product sold has fallen by 32% since 2024.
Detailed reporting has allowed the company to precisely quantify its Scope 3 hotspots. It has also informed the organization’s approach to setting targets that have been approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi): a 55.9% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and 30% in Scope 3 by 2031, with a net-zero goal across all scopes by 2050.
Focusrite’s environmental progress helped secure a sustainability-linked loan from HSBC UK, tying the company’s interest rate to meeting agreed sustainability targets.
With distributors increasingly requesting the company’s data, disclosure has also strengthened collaboration across the supply chain while helping the company get ahead of upcoming UK Sustainability Reporting Standards.
“We see reporting through CDP not as a compliance exercise but as an engine for continuous improvement,” says Land. “Our results show that rigorous, verifiable environmental reporting goes beyond tracking progress: it actively supports how we engineer products, make decisions and finance the business.”
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