Oldham Council Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Government is requesting that each local authority publishes its own greenhouse gas
emissions (GHG) 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 green house gas
emissions. The Government’s request can be seen here
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/local_auth/ni185/ni185.aspx
The council will report its emissions annually as we work to reduce our emissions by 15% by
March 2014.
Table 1 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Local Authority Own Estate and Operations 2010/11
GHG emissions 2010/11 in kg of CO2e
Specific exclusions/inclusions
SCOPE 1*
Fuels consumption > Public
Facilities/Offices
Fuels consumption > Education
Total Fuels Consumption
Total Owned transport
4052663.694
9112204.435
13164868.13
2774582
Total scope 1
15939450.13
Excluding Oldham Community Leisure estate and trading estates (let estate)
Excluding Academy status schools
SCOPE 2*
Energy Indirect > Public Facilities/Offices
Energy Indirect > Education
Energy Indirect > Street Lighting
6399634.246
9022001.779
5764757.179
Total Purchased Electricity
21186393.2
Total scope 2
21186393.2
SIGNIFICANT SCOPE 3 *
Business transport (Staff vehicle use
delivering our business)
Total significant scope
Total GHG emissions in scope
2010/11 in kg of CO2e
Total GHG Tonnes CO2e
2010/11
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573675.9199
573675.9199
37699519.25
37,699
Excluding Oldham Community Leisure estate and trading estates (let estate)
Excluding Academy status schools
Including annual Christmas lighting
Table Commentary
1. Authority Information: Oldham Council
2. Reporting period: 2010/11
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. *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.
6. Our data current excludes waste GHG reporting while data is accurately compiled
7. Base Year: Our baseline year is 2010/11.
8. 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 Summer 2014.
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