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2022 BARBARICUM GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORT

Baseline Assessment and Disclosure of Barbaricum’s Global Scope 1 and Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

WASHINGTON – May 31, 2023 – This report constitutes the Baseline assessment and disclosure of Barbaricum’s global Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions as defined by the GHG Protocol. It assesses a period of twelve months from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

Disclosure Reporting Period

Start Date	End Date	Number of reporting years for Scope 1 emissions data	Number of reporting years for Scope 2 emissions data	Number of reporting years for Scope 3 emissions data
01/01/2022	12/31/2022	1 – Baseline	1 – Baseline	0 – N/A

Worldwide Barbaricum Operating Locations

Additionally, Barbaricum holds international business licenses in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Governance: Oversight & Responsibilities

Barbaricum is a privately held Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, owned by our two Equity Partners, and as such does not currently answer to an elected Board of Directors more commonly found in larger organizations. Barbaricum’s Management Review Board, consisting of both Partners, Senior Leadership, and select members of Upper Management provides oversight of climate-related issues within our organization. The board reviews climate-related issues at least annually, following the latest GHG inventory of the company. The following members of the Management Review Board have responsibilities for climate-related issues within the company:

Partners	Barbaricum’s two Partners chair the Management Review Board and lead the Executive Leadership Team. The overall responsibility for our sustainability performance resides with the partners, with additional guidance provided by the Management Review Board. The Partners oversee selection and design of company-owned buildings, to include deliberate purchases of GHG-reducing appliances such as electric head pumps. Our Partners also approve corporate commitments to sustainability and Science Based Targets for emissions reductions.
Director of Operations	Our Director of Operations currently provides oversight of our Washington, DC headquarters  and approves the purchase of any facility equipment that would contribute to Scope 1 or Scope 2 emissions
Vice President of Strategy	Our VP of Strategy currently provides oversight of our Tampa, FL-based facility and Data Innovation Lab and approves the purchase of any facility equipment that would contribute to Scope 1 or Scope 2 emissions
Deputy Director of Mission Support Operations	Our Deputy Director of Mission Support Operations currently provides oversight of our Bedford, IN facility, which supports NSWC-Crane. He approves the purchase of any facility equipment that would contribute to Scope 1 or Scope 2 emissions
Quality Manager	The Barbaricum Quality Manager compiles and maintains Barbaricum’s GHG Inventory with the help and cooperation of the other listed Management Review Board members. He calculates our annual emissions levels, and is responsible for our public GHG disclosure.

Risks and Opportunities

Management Processes

Risk Assessment

It is important that Barbaricum has an effective risk assessment and treatment process in place to ensure that potential impacts do not become real, or if they do, that contingencies are in place to deal with them. Barbaricum assesses each identified risk by its likelihood of occurrence and the severity of the impact the risk would have on the company. We score each measure along a 5-point scale and then multiply the two measures together to produce a risk assessment score ranging from 1 (very low) to 25 (very high). Our annual risk assessment and treatment considers Barbaricum’s assets and deliverables, their existing vulnerabilities, and the potential threats that they face.  These will include threats posed by climate-related risks

Risk Treatment & Response

For each identified risk, we select one of four treatment options: decrease the risk by implementing safeguards and controls; avoid the risk by ending contributing tasks and processes; share the risk through a third party such as insurance; or accept the risk without modification. Acceptance is only authorized if the cost of the other options far out ways the cost of damage that the risk would incur.

Risk Management

Barbaricum strives whenever possible to develop safeguards and controls for risks that reduce their probability of occurrence and/or their impact on the organization through responsible and sustainable  management and corporate policies. 

Risk Disclosure

Barbaricum has identified the following climate-related risks with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on operations:

ID	Risk Type	Risk Driver	Description	Probability	Impact	Risk Rating	Horizon
001	Physical: Acute	Increased frequency / intensity of storms	Increasing temperatures are likely to increase the frequency and severity of Hurricanes impacting our Tampa office and/or snow storms and blizzards impacting our NSWC-Crane activity	4: High	4: High	16: High	Near Term to Long Term
002	Transition: Emerging Regulation	Enhanced emissions reporting obligations	DoD proposed a rule in the federal register on 11/14/2022 that would require contractors like Barbaricum to disclose their GHG emissions and climate-related financial risk and set science-based targets to reduce GHG emissions	5: Very High	3: Medium	15: High	Near Term

ID	Safeguard / Treatment	Explanation of Safeguard / Treatment	Treated Probability	Treated Impact	Treated Risk Rating	Acceptance Criteria
001	Insurance	Increased insurance premiums mitigate the cost of any storm damage to our facilities	4: High	2: Low	8: Medium	Medium
002	Preemptive Assessment & Disclosure	By conducting a thorough GHG assessment and inventory, and by self-publishing our GHG disclosure, Barbaricum will stay ahead of the curve and be ready to quickly comply with any new regulations. Continued investment and third-party verification will further prepare us for new regulations.	5: Very High	2: Low	10: Medium	Medium

Additional risks will be added to our environmental risk register as they become known and as Barbaricum continues to invest in sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint.

Opportunity Disclosure

Barbaricum has identified the following climate-related opportunities with the potential to have a substantive financial or strategic impact on operations:

ID	Opportunity Type	Opportunity Driver	Description	Probability	Impact	Opportunity Rating	Horizon
001	Energy Source	Use of lower emission sources of energy	Research alternative energy sources in our three energy markets and transition to sustainable alternatives where available	3: Medium	3: Medium	9: Medium	Medium Term
002	Markets	Access to new markets	Adhering to the GHG Protocol and submitting our GHG Disclosure for third-party verification will open new opportunities to bid on work that require bidders to have plans in place to address environmental concerns	5: Very High	4: High	20: Very High	Near Term

ID	Estimated Cost to Realize	Realization Strategy
001	Low	Purchasing energy from new sources is often inexpensive in the short-term and in the long-term often reduces energy costs as renewable energy sources become more prevalent and efficient. The Quality Manager will research available alternatives for each of our three energy markets – Washington, DC; Tampa, FL; and Bedford, IN – and recommend to the Management Review Board options to switch to sustainable alternatives by end-of-year 2023.
002	Low	The Quality Manager will continue to research best practices for small businesses to comply with the GHG Protocol and potential future regulations published in the Federal Register. The Quality Manager will also continue to refine and improve upon this self-published disclosure to submit to CDP NLT July 26, 2023 for third-party verification.

Additional opportunities will be added to our environmental risk register as they become known and as Barbaricum continues to invest in sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint.

Business Strategy

Barbaricum senior leadership conducts annual strategic planning exercises and reviews at the beginning of each calendar year, with successive reviews and adjustments each quarter thereafter. As the GHG assessment for this public disclosure was conducted in the middle of Q2 of 2023, our business strategy has yet to address the need for a climate transition plan. During the next strategic review, will assess the need for a climate transition plan and the cost for establishing one within the next two years. 

Targets and Performance

Emissions Targets

Barbaricum did not have an active emissions target during our baseline year to manage climate-related risks and opportunities. However, following the publication of this disclosure, senior leadership will begin to assess potential science-based targets for emission reductions to be put in place by end-of-year 2023 in accordance with the latest SBTi criteria.

Five-Year Forecast

Despite increased investment in reducing Barbaricum’s carbon footprint, we anticipate our overall emissions levels to increase over the next five years as the company continues to grow in size and scope, expand into new markets, and potentially open new facilities. Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions could potentially double as a growing workforce places more demands on electricity, as AC equipment ages and requires new refrigerant, or as severe cold increases the uses of stationary combustion. The addition of new facilities in target markets are likely to increase Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by up to 33% of existing levels per facility. Furthermore, once Barbaricum grows beyond the reporting threshold, Scope 3 emissions will be added to our disclosure statements. 

Emissions Reduction Initiatives

Barbaricum did not have emissions reduction initiatives that were active within the reporting year, as it was our base year. Emissions reduction initiatives will be reviewed as part of the next annual strategic plan.

Emissions Methodology

The 2022 reporting year is our first year of reporting emissions data.

Base Year Emissions

Scope	Base Year Start Date	Base Year End Date	Base Year Emissions
Scope 1	Jan 1, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	72 CO2-e Metric Tons
Scope 2	Jan 1, 2022	Dec 31, 2022	120 CO2-e Metric Tons

Emissions Methodology

Barbaricum calculates our emissions by using the US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership’s EPA Simplified GHG Emissions Calculator, which itself uses the following standards, protocols, and methodologies  to collect activity data and calculate emissions

• The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Revised Edition)
• The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Scope 2 Guidance
• US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership: Direct Fugitive Emissions from Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Fire Suppression, and Industrial Gases
• US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership: Indirect Emissions From Purchased Electricity
• US EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership: Direct Emissions from Stationary Combustion Sources
• US EPA Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID)

Emissions Data

Scope 1 Emissions

Stationary Combustion	25	CO2-e (metric tons)
Mobile Sources	0	CO2-e (metric tons)
Refrigeration / AC Equipment Use	47	CO2-e (metric tons)
Fire Suppression	0	CO2-e (metric tons)
Purchased Gasses	0	CO2-e (metric tons)

Location-Based Scope 2 Emissions

Purchased and Consumed Electricity	120	CO2-e (metric tons)
Purchased and Consumed Steam	0	CO2-e (metric tons)

Market-Based Scope 2 Emissions

Purchased and Consumed Electricity	120	CO2-e (metric tons)
Purchased and Consumed Steam	0	CO2-e (metric tons)

Total Organization Emissions

Total Scope 1 & Location-Based Scope 2	193	CO2-e (metric tons)
Total Scope 1 & Market-Based Scope 2	193	CO2-e (metric tons)

Reductions

Offsets

0

CO2-e (metric tons)

Net Scope 1 and 2 Location-Based Emissions	193	CO2-e (metric tons)
Net Scope 1 and 2 Market-Based Emissions	193	CO2-e (metric tons)

Emissions Intensities

Intensity Figure	Gross Global Combined Scope 1 & 2 Emissions	Total Annual Revenue	Scope 2 Figure Used
2.96	193 metric tons CO2e	$65.2 million	Market-Based

Emissions Breakdown

Emissions Performance

As 2022 is our base year for collecting and reporting Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions data, we cannot compare it to prior years to measure performance.

Energy

Energy-Related Activities

Barbaricum undertook the following energy-related activities during the reporting year:

Activity	MWH from Renewable Source	MWH from Non-renewable Source	Total MWH
Consumption of purchased electricity	0	323.423 MWH	323.423 MWH
Consumption of purchased heat	0	139.732 MWH	139.732 MWH
Consumption of purchased cooling	0	0.001 MWH	0.001 MWH

Verification

Following the self-publication of this GHG disclosure statement, Barbaricum will be pursuing third-party verification of our emissions data through the CDP Climate Change 2023 Questionnaire.

Engagement

Value Chain Engagement

Barbaricum does not currently engage with our value chain on climate-related issues.

Climate-Related Requirements

Barbaricum’s suppliers do not have to meet climate-related requirements as part of our organization’s purchasing process, but we plan to introduce climate-related requirements within the next two years.

Sign Off and Further Information

This self-published GHG disclosure thoroughly describes Barbaricum’s Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from all relevant sources for our 2022 calendar year baseline in accordance with our 30-point Inventory Management Plan. We fully intend to build on this disclosure in the coming months, including by:

• Submitting this information for third-party verification by CDP
• Registering with the SBTi commitment process by submitting a standard commitment letter
• Establishing science-based targets for emissions reductions in line with the latest version of the SBTi Criteria and Recommendations for Near-Term Targets 

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ABOUT BARBARICUM

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Barbaricum is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business. At our core, you’ll find people who love to explore and innovate. Our team has a uniquely complementary skill set. Together we’ve built a hands-on, all-inclusive government contracting firm that develops innovative strategies & uses the best of emerging technologies to support our clients’ long-term goals. Our growth has been fueled by repeat business and long-term partnerships with key clients.

At Barbaricum, we strive to constantly innovate and push the boundaries in order to enable the best possible solutions for our clients, especially in National Security. We believe in maintaining a healthy balance in all aspects of our work, including the well-being of our team and the impact on our communities, while always upholding our duty to serve.

Barbaricum’s Integrated Management System is certified compliant with the ISO 9001:2015 standard for Quality Management, ISO 27001:2013 standard for Information Security Management, and the ISO 20000-1 standard for Service Management. Additionally, our Quality Management System is also appraised at CMMI-Service + Virtual Maturity Level 3, while our Information Security Management System fully complies with NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2.

The company has been recognized by institutions like Inc. Magazine, GovCon, AMEC, PRSA, and SmartCEO for corporate growth, capabilities, and award-winning client work. Our team is dynamic and agile, providing global support to current missions across five continents. We are also focused on developing and maintaining our vibrant corporate culture, having been named a Best Workplace by Inc. Magazine and The Washington Post.

To find out more about Barbaricum please visit our website at https://barbaricum.com.