Arts Council England

Arts Council England, based in GB and operating within the Recreational, cultural and sporting services industry, has reported emissions data across various scopes.

For the year 2023, Arts Council England reported a total of approximately 217,400 kg CO2e. This breakdown includes Scope 1 emissions of about 15,000 kg CO2e and Scope 2 emissions of approximately 114,000 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for the same year were reported as 88,000 kg CO2e, specifically for business travel. However, data for Scope 3 categories such as purchased goods and services, and employee commute were not disclosed for 2023.

In 2022, total emissions were approximately 154,500 kg CO2e, comprising about 18,000 kg CO2e in Scope 1 and 136,500 kg CO2e in Scope 2. Scope 3 emissions for business travel in 2022 amounted to 36,000 kg CO2e. Similar to 2023, specific Scope 3 categories like purchased goods and services, and employee commute were not disclosed.

The Arts Council England has set a target to reduce office energy use and business travel emissions by 25% by 2023/24, using a 2019/20 baseline of 182,000 kg CO2e, aiming for a reduction to 136,500 kg CO2e. By 2022/23, they had already achieved a 32% reduction, reaching 114,000 kg CO2e for office energy use emissions. The organisation has also begun developing a net-zero pathway, with its Environmental Responsibility team completing IEMA Pathway to Net Zero training in August 2023.

Older data shows that in 2020, Scope 2 emissions were approximately 182,000 kg CO2e and Scope 3 business travel emissions were 244,000 kg CO2e. Scope 1 data was not disclosed for this year. For 2019, the organisation reported a total of approximately 114,547,000 kg CO2e, though specific scope breakdowns were not available. Earlier reporting years (2017 and 2018) did not disclose emissions data in a detailed format, but indicated CO2 emissions per full-time equivalent (FTE) of 8,660 kg and 8,770 kg respectively.