Including the closely related terms waste, and waste disposal.
… for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)10 and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)11, as well as some of our own data collection and extrapolation. The calculations include emissions from sources such as waste disposal, transport, and energy consumption in homes and businesses. 2020 2019 2018 TOTAL GROSS EMISSIONS 539,856 555,568 570,993 10 www.gov.uk/government…
… Page 13 B. Decision Making, Policies, Plans and Strategies Page 14 C. Finance, Funding, Investment and Procurement Page 15 D. Building & Energy Page 17 E. Active Travel, Transport and Air Quality Page 19 F. Natural Environment and Biodiversity Page 21 G. Water and Waste Page 22 H. Collective Action - Influencing, Engaing, Campaigning and Behaviour Change Page 23 6. Monitoring Progress…
… by burning fossil fuels elsewhere. Scope 3 emissions include all other indirect emissions that are produced by an organisation’s activities, such as the disposal of waste, employee commuting and the supply chain. 8 ecometrica.com/assets/GHGs-CO2-CO2e-and-Carbon-What-Do-These-Mean-v2.1.pdf 9 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1028157/net-zero…
… Scope 1 and 2 emissions to almost nothing and to explore the viability of compensating for the remaining emissions through mechanisms such as carbon-offsetting. Although we will endeavour to reduce our Scope 3 emissions as much as possible, for example, by looking at how our officers travel to work and where our waste is generated and disposed of, much of our Scope 3 emissions come from…
… as possible when calculating the carbon footprint and widened the scope in 2020/21 to include emissions from both waste and water. This means that some of the reductions in gas consumption resulting from the reduction in the use of buildings during the Covid-19 pandemic were partially mitigated. This is presented next to our base year of 2019/20 as originally calculated, and the revised base year, which…