The Government is requesting that each local authority publishes its own greenhouse gas emissions report locally on its own website. This is to support the localism agenda by ensuring local authorities are accountable to their local people for their greenhouse gas emissions.
Stockport Council signed up to be part of the Local Authority Carbon Management Programme in 2005 and was successful in being chosen to participate in the first full implementation year of the programme.
Since then the Council has made good progress in implementing the carbon reduction opportunities identified. This resulted in a 16% reduction in its operational carbon footprint by 2010, against a 2000 baseline.
The Carbon Trust has since provided further support to the Council so that it can review progress and develop a new Carbon Management Plan for the next 5 years. The aim of the current programme is to set out how the Council will achieve a further 15% reduction in carbon emissions by March 2015.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Local Authority Own Estate and Operations 2010/11
Scope 1
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GHG emissions (in tonnes of CO2e)
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| Fuels consumption > Public Facilities & Administration | 3,101.4 |
| Fuels consumption > Education | 9,347 |
| Total Fuels Consumption | 12,448.40 |
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| Total Owned transport | 3,157.88 |
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|
Total Scope 1
|
15,606.28
|
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Scope 2
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GHG emissions (in tonnes of CO2e)
|
| Energy Indirect: Public Facilities & Administration | 5,065.76 |
| Energy Indirect: Education | 8,939 |
| Energy Indirect: Street Lighting | 8,264.32 |
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Total Purchased Electricity
| |
| Total scope 2 | 22,269.08 |
| Total scope 1 & 2 | 37,875.36 |
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Significant Scope 3
| |
| Business transport | 395.26 |
| Waste disposal | 184,976.21 |
|
Total Significant Scope 3 | 185,371.47 |
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|
Total GHG emissions 2010/11 in tonnes of CO2e |
223,246.83
|
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Local Authority Own Estate and Operations 2009/10
Scope 1 & 2
|
GHG emissions (in tonnes of CO2e)
|
| Fuels consumption > Public Facilities & Administration | 19,653 |
| Fuels consumption > Education | 16,514 |
| Energy Indirect > Street Lighting | 8,263 |
| Total Fuels Consumption & Purchased Electricity | 44,430 |
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| Total Owned transport | 3303.35 |
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|
Total Scope 1 & 2
|
47,733.35 |
Significant Scope 3
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| Business transport | 538.65 |
| Commuting | 7,557 |
| Waste disposal | 196,725.95 |
|
Total Significant Scope 3 | 204,821.6 |
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Total GHG emissions 2010/11 in tonnes of CO2e | 252,554.95 |
Element Comment
- Authority Information: Stockport Council
- Reporting period: 2010/11
- Change in emissions: The significant reduction in the CO2e from waste disposal is as a result of the introduction of new recycling services and subsequent increase in recycling rates.
- Approach: We have followed the Government’s guidance (‘Guidance on how to measure and report your greenhouse gas emissions’, Defra) on how to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions.
- Organisational boundary (data collected): We have used the financial control approach to determine the activities on which we have collected data i.e. we are collecting data on activities for which we direct the financial and operating policies.
- Operational scopes: We have measured our scope 1 (emissions released by activities owned or controlled by our organisation), scope 2 (Emissions released into the atmosphere associated with our consumption of purchased electricity, heat, steam and cooling) and significant scope 3 (emissions that are a consequence of our actions) emissions.
- Geographic break down: Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.
- Base Year: Our baseline year is 2009/10.
- Targets: The aim of the current programme is to set out how the Council will achieve a further 15% reduction in its scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by March 2015.