Our findings
In 2025, we produced the council’s third annual greenhouse gas emissions report. The report tracks the emissions we produce and our progress towards our 2030 target.
Key findings from the report
Operational greenhouse gas emissions
Our operational greenhouse gas emissions have reduced by 30% since 2018. However, our emissions are not reducing at a rate that will mean we’ll achieve our net zero target by 2030.
Emissions from council buildings
Emissions that come from council buildings make up 63% of our emissions. We've reduced these emissions by 31% since 2018, however at this rate of decline, we will not meet our net zero 2030 target. This shows us we need alternative sources of energy to gas to heat our buildings.
Emissions from fleet vehicles
Emissions from the fleet vehicles owned and maintained by TLC makes up 14% of our emissions, and this has remained the same since 2018. We need to decrease this to meet our net zero 3020 target.
Emissions from street lighting
Emissions from street lighting have reduced by two thirds since 2018 due to a project to swap traditional lighting with energy efficient LED bulbs. This has also led to significant cost savings.
What the data shows
The data shows that we're focusing our resources in the right places, by:
- making our buildings more energy efficient
- finding renewable sources of energy for our buildings
- replacing diesel used in our fleet vehicles
For these key findings, we’ve used data that includes emissions from:
- council offices
- libraries
- leisure centres
- schools
- council vehicles
- street lighting
- staff travel and commuting
- staff homeworking
- waste
We know this information does not cover all of our greenhouse gas emissions, such as those coming from our supply chain and how people use our services. Identifying data for these areas is the next stage of this work and we’re going to include these areas in future.
For more detail and to find out about our scope definitions, read our 2024 to 2025 annual greenhouse gas report.