Energy consumption*
| Unit of measurement – MWh | Change | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 5.1% | 48,629.6 | 46,282.9 | 51,010.1 |
| – of which renewable | 279% | 8,995.3 | 2,7373.8 | 8.91 |
| Natural gas | 8.2% | 11,830.9 | 10,938.2 | 11,516.5 |
| Fuel oil | 1.5% | 43.4 | 42.8 | 30.7 |
| Steam and other imported energy | 20.8% | 16,666.3 | 13,801.7 | 15,526 |
| Other fuels | 479.6% | 373.0 | 64.4 | 31.8 |
| Vehicle energy | (2.6%) | 17,686.7 | 18,162.7 | 36,719.6 |
| Total energy | 6.7% | 95,229.9 | 89,292.7 | 114,834.6 |
| – of which UK | 4.5% | 12,965.5 | 12,410.4 | 31,787.1 |
Greenhouse gas emissions (tonnes CO2e)
| Unit of measurement – tonnes CO2e | Change | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scope 1 1* | (9.5%) |
6,963.9 | 7,693.7 | 11,465.9 |
| Scope 2 – Location based 1* | 9.2% | 26,660.1 | 24,410.6 | 26,960.9 |
| Scope 2 – Market based 1* | 2.4% | 24,739.5 | 24,165.9 | 26,957.8 |
| Scope 1 & 2 (Location) total* | 4.7% | 33,624.0 | 32,104.3 | 38,426.9 |
| – of which UK* | (5.6%) |
2,875.0 | 3,045.9 | 7.708.0 |
| Scope 1 & 2 (Market) total* | (0.49%) | 31,703.4 | 31,859.6 | 38,423.8 |
| – of which UK* | (45.4%) | 1,651.6 | 3,024.7 | 7,708.0 |
| Scope 3 1,2 | Change | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category 1 – Purchased goods and services | 22.7% | 222,528.3 | 181,326.6 | – |
| Category 2 – Capital goods | (Included in Category 1) | |||
| Category 3 – Fuel & energy related activities* | 3.6% | 2,335.2 | 2,255.0 | – |
| Category 4 – Upstream trans/dist* | (15.2%) | 18,766.4 | 22,139.6 | – |
| – of which air freight | (5.2%) | 18,249.4 | 19,254.0 | – |
| Category 5 – Waste | (6.6%) | 1,403.3 | 1,502.7 | |
| Category 6 – Business travel* | (30.6%) | 2,549.7 | 3,672.8 | 18,374.6 |
| Category 7 – Employee commuting | 13.1% | 13,338.2 | 11,792.2 | – |
| Category 9 – Downstream trans/dist | (Included in Category 4) | |||
| Category 11 – Use of sold products | 10.3% | 234,657.1 | 212,791.0 | – |
| Category 12 – End-of-life treatment | 11.3% | 56.6 | 50.9 | – |
| Total Scope 33 | 13.8% | 495,634.8 | 435,530.9 | 18,374.6 |
| Total gross emissions (Market-based) | 12.8% | 527,338.2 | 467,390.5 | 56,798.4 |
| Total (all scopes) carbon emissions per £m revenue like-for-like | 16.7% | 408.2 | 349.8 | – |
- 2020 and 2019 have been restated to account for divestment of ESG, Millbrook and elements of NDCT in November 2020.
- Scope 3 categories 8,10,13,14,15 are not included as not relevant to the Group’s business model.
- In 2021 we have increased our breadth and depth of Scope 3 reporting to cover all relevant categories and publish our 2020 comparative date for the first time.
Waste data
| 20211 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Waste Captured (Tonnes) | 6001.3 | 6462.9 |
| – of which Landfill | 2913.4 | 3177.2 |
| Waste recycling rate2 | 28.99% | n/a3 |
| Waste Diversion rate4 | 32.49% | n/a3 |
- Waste data for 2020 has been assumed to be equivalent to 2021 information in line with GHG protocol guidance on recalculation and restatement. This is due to improving data quality year on year
- Refers total waste recycled into alternative materials.
- This is the first year of disclosing total waste data across the Group and therefore comparable data is not available.
- Refers to the proportion of waste diverted from landfill through recycling, energy recovery (incineration), composting or anaerobic digestion.
