Climate change

This year we have moved to a more robust reporting process, including the independent verification of CO2 emissions against the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. In line with the Protocol, our CO2 emissions reporting is split across scope 1 and 2 emissions. Currently, emissions associated with air, train and hire car travel (Scope 3) are not collected. During 2008 we are addressing this by implementing a new travel management system which will allow us to capture and report on these omissions.

  measure notes 2008 2007 2006

Energy use

    
Energy use (gas and electricity) MWh 2 23085 22767 22517
Energy use per employee MWh/employees 6.45 5.58 5.67
Electricity obtained from renewables sources % total electricity 95 86 84
Petrol and diesel use for company cars litres 000's 729 881 968

CO2 emissions

        
Scope 1 emissions (gas and company cars) Tonnes 3 3276 3446 3587
Scope 2 emissions (electricity) Tonnes   8752 8868 8873
Scope 3 emissions (indirect emissions) Tonnes 4 0 0  
Fuel Oil Tonnes 5 155 N/A N/A
Total CO2 emissions Tonnes   12028 12314 12460

Resource use

  
Total waste generated Tonnes 746 796 1189
Waste recycled % 50 53 42
Office paper consumption Million sheets 6 57 68 73
Marketing print Tonnes 385 456
Water usage Litres/employee/day 49 40 41
  • CO2 emissions notes:
  • 2. There are a number of buildings where the company leases space from a landlord (London Wood Street, Manchester, Portsmouth warehouse storage units), and there is a reliance on the landlord providing monthly electricity consumption figures. In previous years, some of these readings were estimates. Since the last period of reporting this has now been rectified and the accuracy of our data has improved markedly. However, there are still some known emissions, which do not make a significant or material difference to our total, namely: 4th quarter data for one warehouse missing, exclusion of emissions from two satellite branches, and exclusion of gas used for catering purposes at our London office.
  • 3. An over-reporting for Scope 1 has been identified. Currently reported transport emissions relating to company cars effectively includes both business travel and private travel as no distinction can be made from the data currently used to generate emissions figures.
  • 4. At present, figures do not include the use of hire cars, private cars used for business travel, train journeys, and flights. However, from March 2009 a company-wide online portal to purchase train tickets and flights will be in operation, and it will provide the necessary data for use in emissions reporting. In relation to the use of hire cars and private cars used for business purposes, expenses systems will be revised so that in the future, the company will report on these emissions more accurately. This is of particular importance as the business will no longer carry a pool car fleet as of March 2009.
  • 5. Fuel oil has not previously been included in emissions reporting and therefore this represents and improvement over previous years emissions reporting.

  • Resource use notes:
  • 6. UK L&P and FPI’s paper figures include plain A4, A4 letterhead, A4 4-hole and A3 paper and envelopes.

Living Corporate Responsibility:
Performance Report 2008