L & Q Group Housing

L & Q Group Housing, operating within the health and social work services sector in Great Britain, has established comprehensive climate commitments, including a target to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. They have also committed to reducing their operational carbon emissions by 20% by 2024, using 2019/20 as their baseline year.

For the reporting year 2023, L & Q Group Housing reported Scope 1 emissions totalling approximately 2.1 billion kg CO2e, comprising stationary combustion of about 24.4 billion kg CO2e and mobile combustion of approximately 1.9 billion kg CO2e. Scope 2 emissions for the same period were approximately 9.4 billion kg CO2e, calculated on a location-based methodology. Scope 3 emissions were reported at about 509,000 kg CO2e, primarily from business travel. The total disclosed emissions for 2023 amount to approximately 33.7 billion kg CO2e.

In 2022, Scope 1 emissions were approximately 25.4 billion kg CO2e, broken down into stationary combustion of about 23.5 billion kg CO2e and mobile combustion of around 1.9 billion kg CO2e. Scope 2 emissions stood at approximately 9.6 billion kg CO2e (location-based). Scope 3 emissions for 2022 were reported at approximately 144,750 kg CO2e, with business travel being the sole disclosed category. The total disclosed emissions for 2022 were approximately 35.1 billion kg CO2e.

L & Q Group Housing's sustainability reporting also provides intensity ratios. For 2024, an intensity ratio of 268.5 tCO2e per unit owned, managed, or under construction (based on net emissions) was reported. An intensity ratio for scope 1 and 2 emissions of 264.5 tCO2e per unit (gross) was also provided. For 2023, the carbon emissions intensity ratio was 243.0 tCO2e per unit of revenue. Previous reports indicate intensity ratios for scope 1 and 2 emissions of 257.4 tCO2e per unit in 2021 and 271.2 tCO2e per unit in 2020.

It is important to note that for the 2021 reporting year, no specific emissions data was disclosed. Similarly, for 2024, while intensity ratios were provided, no absolute emissions figures were available.