Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2030/31 from its own operations. This ambition encompasses all scopes of emissions.

For the reporting year 2025, Leicester City Council reported approximately 8.44 million kg CO2e in total emissions. This includes approximately 3.80 million kg CO2e for Scope 1 emissions, primarily from mobile combustion, and about 3.10 million kg CO2e for Scope 2 emissions. Scope 3 emissions accounted for approximately 1.55 million kg CO2e, with business travel being a significant contributor at about 1.26 million kg CO2e.

In the previous year, 2024, total emissions were approximately 9.35 million kg CO2e. This consisted of about 4.47 million kg CO2e for Scope 1, approximately 3.28 million kg CO2e for Scope 2, and roughly 1.60 million kg CO2e for Scope 3.

For the 2023 reporting year, total emissions were approximately 16.42 million kg CO2e. This comprised about 7.81 million kg CO2e for Scope 1 and approximately 6.30 million kg CO2e for Scope 2 emissions, with Scope 3 emissions at approximately 2.30 million kg CO2e.

Older data points are available, with total emissions reported as approximately 1.21 billion kg CO2e for 2020. For 2018, Scope 3 emissions were reported, including approximately 7.81 million kg CO2e for capital goods, 10.64 billion kg CO2e for the use of sold products, 4.23 billion kg CO2e for purchased goods and services, and 220 million kg CO2e for upstream transportation and distribution.

Leicester City Council's emissions data is not cascaded from a parent organisation. Their industry classification is "Public administration and defence services; compulsory social security services (75)".