Carbon Report 2019

It is our aim to minimise our carbon footprint as much as possible, however as it happens with any other organisation, we still have a carbon footprint. We continue to offset this using Climate Care. We will offset 16 tonnes of CO2 for the 2019 impact report (16,036kgCO2). We chose Climate Care, based on their recognition as world leaders in the carbon offset market. Moreover, we want to ensure that we establish partnerships with stakeholders that do not only aim to reduce carbon footprint, but also to improve lives in the areas in which they operate.

2019 Results

• Our carbon footprint has increased by 9% and now sits at 16 tonnes for the 2019 period
• The main increase in our carbon footprint is due to a higher number of staff employed in 2019
• We have also been relocated to a bigger office hence higher energy usage for heating and lightning
• Our staff full time equivalent (FTE) increased from 9.37 to 11.09
• Average carbon emissions per FTE staff member is 1,446kg CO2 which is 8% less than in 2018
• Less than 7% of our waste goes to landfill.

Carbon Summary

CARBON  SUMMARY	Staff (FTE)	Total Carbon Emissions (kgCO2)	Carbon  Emissions per FTE (kgCO2/FTE)	Income per annum £	Carbon Emis- sions per unit of income (kgCO2/£)	GIA (m2)
2018	9.37	14,757	1,574	637,734	0.0231	259
2019	11.09	16,036	1,446	599,093	0.03	281
% increase/ decrease	18.35%	8.67%	-8.18%	-6.06%	15.68%	8.67%

​For the relative carbon baselining, we are representing our carbon using recommended reporting method by as commissioned in the SQW report. We have identified the total Full Time Equivalent (FTE) of staff, and the total income as reporting Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). It is also appropriate to report against the changes in size of the physical assets and include gross internal area (GIA). 



 

Breakdown of our carbon	2019		2018		Variance
	KgCO2	%	KgCO2	%	KgCO2	%
Waste	28	0.17%	20	0.13%	8	43%
Water	43	0.27%	36	0.24%	7	18%
Heating and lighting	4,215	26.28%	3,835	25.99%	380	10%
Travel	11,002	68.61%	10,270	69.59%	732	7%
Domestic	5,498	34.29%	6,193	41.97%	-694	-11%
International	5,503	34.32%	4,077	27.63%	1,426	35%
Electricity	749	4.67%	597	4.04%	152	26%
Total	16,036	100.00%	14,757	100.00%	1,279	9%

We calculate our staff and Board business travel, workstation energy use and working at home energy use. We also report on other carbon use which is based on reporting scope as highlighted below:  

 

Reporting scope	Office Area (m2)	Electricity	Gas	Water	Travel	Waste	Procurement
Headquarters, Cheltenham	45.12*	Meter reader used to measure consumption.	Meter reader used to measure consumption	Tenant within office space with little or no control of water or means to measure  consumption	All travel is based on estimates of mileage and using Defra conversions	Tenant within office space with no means to measure consumption. Waste audit undertaken and assumptions are based on this for	Accurate data for procurement areas is not available at this time but adheres to our purchasing policies
Scotland Office	11.94**
						the year

 

* Office area is calculated using sole purpose office space, toilet and kitchen

** Our Scotland office is part of an open plan office, so this figure is calculated based on average FTE space in our Headquarters

All business activities including staff and Board travel, workstation energy use, home working energy use, travel energy use, waste, water, lighting and heating is recorded.
Due to moving offices, some of our services are now controlled by us such as heating, lighting and electricity.
The host institutions collect the recycling and landfill waste centrally, so we have an annual waste audit and base an assumption on this for the year.
We include the travel incurred by our trustees (based on reimbursements, so any travel that is not reimbursed will not be included).