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East Lindsey District Council

… generated in Council-controlled operations • Employee commuting based emissions Section 2: Scope of carbon footprint ELDC Footprint 2019 Non-Council operations Employee Commuting Council operations Building emissions Electricity consumption Gas consumption Waste generation & treatment Transportation emissions Council- owned fleet Business mileage Scope 3 Scope 2 Scope 1 Scope…

… • Council vehicle fleet fuel consumption Scope 2 • Electricity consumption in buildings Scope 3 • Emissions from employee commuting • Business travel in non-Council fleet vehicles • Third-party disposal and treatment of waste generated in Council-controlled operations Emissions included within the carbon footprint and targeted with projects: 4 Carbon footprint overview Executive summary…

…, waste disposal, etc. Section 2: Carbon footprint overview Figure 1: Overview of the World Resource Institute’s GHG Protocol accounting methodology 1313 Section 2: Carbon footprint methodology Section 2: Carbon footprint A carbon footprint is calculated by multiplying activity data (e.g. litres of vehicle fuel, kWh of electricity/gas) by an associated emissions factor: • Where possible…

… buildings used by ELDC staff; • Scope 3: waste generation, business travel (arising from ELDC-operated buildings, journeys completed by ELDC staff and councillors on behalf of ELDC activities) and employee commuting. The Council will need to reduce its footprint to at least 1,421 tCO2e by 2027 to achieve the interim 45% carbon reduction target, representing an average annual reduction of 194 tCO2e…

… more accurate costs and savings before moving forward with these measures. Furthermore, ELDC is part of Lincolnshire Waste Partnership which is looking collectively at sustainable options to decarbonise the county’s waste fleet. Waste fleet electrification carbon reduction opportunities (7) Section 3: Carbon reduction opportunities Waste fleet electrification • Replacement of diesel-fuelled HGVs…