Arts Council England

Arts Council England's reported carbon emissions

Arts Council England, operating within the recreational, cultural, and sporting services industry in GB, has demonstrated efforts to address its carbon footprint. For the 2023 reporting year, Arts Council England reported total Scope 1 emissions of approximately 15,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions of approximately 114,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for business travel were approximately 88,000 kg CO2e. In the 2022 reporting year, Scope 1 emissions stood at approximately 18,000 kg CO2e, while Scope 2 emissions were approximately 136,500 kg CO2e. Scope 3 business travel emissions were approximately 36,000 kg CO2e. For the 2020 reporting year, Arts Council England reported Scope 2 emissions of approximately 182,000 kg CO2e and Scope 3 business travel emissions of approximately 244,000 kg CO2e. Scope 1 data was not disclosed for this year. Arts Council England has set a near-term target to reduce office energy use emissions and business travel emissions by 25% by 2023/24, using a 2019/20 baseline. Notably, by the 2022/23 reporting period, they had already achieved a 32% reduction in office energy use emissions, bringing them down to 114,000 kg CO2e from a 2019/20 baseline of 182,000 kg CO2e. This initiative covers both Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Furthermore, Arts Council England is developing its pathway to net zero. The Environmental Responsibility team completed training in August 2023 and has begun developing a carbon reduction plan, with a long-term target aiming for net zero by 2050, covering both Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.