Recognising the importance of understanding the full scope of emissions in our value chain, in 2023, we undertook a significant program of work to understand our Scope 3 emissions, which are indirect greenhouse gas emissions that are a consequence of a company’s activities, but occur from sources not owned or controlled by the company.
We have followed the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain Accounting and Reporting Standard (Scope 3) to define our operational boundary for reporting and calculating these emissions. We have completed Scope 3 inventories for our emissions in 2022 and 2023.
Emissions associated with natural gas products and electricity that we transport are not included in the table, in line with our organisational operational control boundaries. However, in the interests of enhanced disclosure, we estimate that the associated emissions were:
29 million tCO2e in 2022, and 27 million in 2023.
Category | 2022 (tCO2e) | 2023 (tCO2e) |
|---|---|---|
1) Purchased Goods and Services | 59,006.11 | 74,463.32 |
2) Capital Goods | 17,435.69 | 20,000.29 |
3) Fuel and Energy Related Activities | 53,038.47 | 63,319.74 |
4) Upstream Transportation and Distribution | 572.66 | 248.93 |
5) Waste Generated in Operations | 1,097.66 | 1,589.03 |
6) Business Travel | 587.57 | 1,044.62 |
7) Employee Commuting | 2,344.45 | 2,713.00 |
TOTALS | 134,082.61 | 163,378.93 |
