Including 16 closely related terms such as associated emissions, direct emissions, and direct emission.
… and the associated emissions Scope 3 Indirect emissions that result from activities occurring in the supply chain of the council, both upstream and downstream Purchased goods and services, leased assets, business travel, employee commute, investments Source: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (ghgprotocol.org) categorises emissions into three groups or scopes as defined above. Arun District Council…
…, allowing for targets to be set from 2022-2023 onwards. Fig 3. Graphic showing that by reducing emissions from all 3 Scopes the council will reach its 2030 target Figure 4 indicates projected emission reductions over the next few years. These will be achieved by increasing year-on-year reductions in emissions associated with the council’s supply chain…
… and inform businesses about how they can reduce their emissions. 30 Define a framework for requesting standardised carbon emission data from suppliers The council will develop a framework which will require all contractors to undertake carbon reporting as part of the procurement process and provide yearly updates on emission reductions. CO2A have produced a toolkit to aid this work…
… or scopes as defined above. Category Description Example Scope 1 Direct emissions from sources owned/controlled by the council Burning of fuels for heating and petrol/diesel for our fleet Scope 2 Indirect emissions from the generation of energy purchased by the council Purchase of electricity…
… baseline emissions Arun District Council baseline emissions Scope Carbon (tonnes of CO2e) Spend (£) % of emissions % of spend in £ 1 and 2 392.02 726,115 1.90 1.457 3 20,259.45 49,111,516 98.10 98.543 TOTAL 20,651.47 49,837,631…