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Mole Valley District Council

… 1 Introduction 3 Our mission is to accelerate the move to a sustainable, low carbon economy. The Carbon Trust is an independent, expert partner of leading organisations around the world, helping them contribute to and benefit from a more sustainable future through carbon reduction, resource efficiency strategies and commercialising low carbon technologies. About the Carbon Trust…

… will need to integrate carbon management in its’ interactions with contractors and operators to achieve the 2030 carbon neutral target. • Emissions from Council-operated activities primarily come from gas and electricity consumption in buildings • In a do-nothing scenario out to 2030, gas consumption will account for 52.7% of emissions from Council-controlled operations, and should be a focus area…

…, control and reduce. As a result, public (and private) sector carbon action has traditionally focused on scope 1 and 2 emissions. • Where scope 3 emissions have been included, organisations have tended to only consider select elements. However, there is now increasing appetite to include a more comprehensive set of scope 3 emission sources in footprints to encourage carbon reduction…

… to complete a carbon footprint at regular intervals in order to demonstrate progress in carbon reduction. • As an organisation becomes increasingly familiar with the process required to complete a carbon footprint, and is able to instil a strong data collection framework, they can begin to look to expand their footprint to cover all emission sources and revisit existing sources to make them more…

… Charlie.McNelly@carbontrust.com +44(0) 20 7832 4662 Oliver Patrick, Analyst Oliver.Patrick@carbontrust.com +44(0) 20 7832 4564 Robert Hatcher, Senior Manager Robert.Hatcher@carbontrust.com +44(0) 20 7832 4619 Contacts 1. Introduction 2. Executive Summary 3. Introduction to carbon footprinting 4. Carbon footprint analysis for FY 18/19 5. Recommendations and next steps 6. Appendix Contents…