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Bridgend County Borough Council

… Total emissions Scope 2: Indirect Scope 1: Direct Scope 3: Indirect Scope for public sector emissions reduction Purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling for own use Scope 1 Direct emissions that arise directly from sources that are owned or controlled by the public sector, for example from fuels used in boilers on estates or the vehicles owned by the public sector. Scope 2…

… is producing more greenhouse gas emissions than it absorbs which is causing global warming and climate change. The council commissioned a carbon footprint assessment for its own operations. This is shown below and provides a baseline to measure performance against the 2030 Net Zero target. Total Bridgend Council Carbon Emissions 2019/20: 90,241 tonnes CO2e Carbon neutrality, or having a net…

… methodology. This represents around 0.23% of Wales’s total greenhouse gas emissions12. Welsh Governments Carbon Reporting looks at emissions being attributed to the three categories or scopes: - Scope 1 Direct Emissions - are those that occur from an organisation at source, for example by heating buildings or from the exhausts of vehicles. Scope 2 Indirect Emissions – are those that occur…

… mainly from electricity used in our activities but where generation and associated emissions are elsewhere. Scope 3 All other indirect emissions – this covers emissions associated with areas such as procurement, staff commuting and direct waste. Bridgend 2030 Net Zero Carbon Strategy 13 The diagram below illustrates what percentage of the council’s emissions are in which Scope…

…. As is evident below, Scope 1 and 2 contain the lowest levels of carbon emissions, whilst 87% of the Council’s emissions come via Scope 3. These are indirect emissions in areas including the supply chain, business travel, commuting and direct waste. 87% Total BCBC Emissions by Scope 2019/20 Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3 7% 6% When we examine further the Council’s carbon emissions by source, it becomes…