Decarbonising our business
Reducing our business carbon footprint
Total NGN greenhouse gas emissions reduction between 2021/22 and 2022/23
The Covid-19 pandemic temporarily reduced our greenhouse gas emissions during 2020/21 and 2021/22 as our business travel habits changed and energy consumption fell. Excluding gas leakage, our Scope 1 and 2 business carbon footprint has stabilised and was 22% below our pre-COVID value from 2019/20, but 6.6% greater than 2022/23 and 13% over our annual target.
We purchase only certified renewable electricity for our premises, and are transforming our company car fleet so it now comprises 97% electric or hybrid vehicles in readiness for our 2026 target of 100%. We're also helping our colleagues make low carbon choices for their own cars.
Electric or hybrid company car fleet in readiness for our 2026 target of 100%
The main influences on our Scope 1 and 2 business carbon footprint are the external constraints we have experienced with delayed delivery of 200 new diesel vehicles ordered in the last two years, and the limited availability of suitable zero emission vans. We continue to work to decarbonise our van fleet.
We also measure the greenhouse gas emissions from our supply chain (‘Scope 3’). Our key Scope 3 emissions were stable between 2021/22 and 2022/23 and 1.4% over our annual target.
To compensate for our 2022/23 Scope 1, 2 and 3 business carbon footprint exceeding our annual target we voluntarily purchased certified carbon offsets to ensure our net emissions met our target.
