Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council's reported carbon emissions

Leicester City Council's commitment to climate action includes a near-term ambition to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030/31. In the 2025 reporting year, the council reported total emissions of approximately 8.4 million kg CO2e. This figure is comprised of Scope 1 emissions totalling approximately 3.8 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of approximately 3.1 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of approximately 1.5 million kg CO2e. Notable contributors to Scope 3 emissions for this period include business travel, accounting for about 1.3 million kg CO2e, and fuel and energy-related activities at around 274,000 kg CO2e. For the 2024 reporting year, Leicester City Council reported total emissions of approximately 9.4 million kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of about 4.5 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of approximately 3.3 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of roughly 1.6 million kg CO2e. Business travel was a significant component of Scope 3 emissions, contributing approximately 1.3 million kg CO2e. In the 2023 reporting year, the council's total emissions were approximately 16.4 million kg CO2e. This encompassed Scope 1 emissions of approximately 7.8 million kg CO2e, Scope 2 emissions of around 6.3 million kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions totalling about 2.3 million kg CO2e. The council aims to reduce carbon emissions from its own estate and operations, targeting net zero by 2030/31, as stated in their 2023-24 carbon footprint statement. Historically, emissions data has been reported with varying levels of scope disclosure. For example, in the 2020 reporting year, a total of approximately 1.2 billion kg CO2e was reported, though specific scope breakdowns were not disclosed. Emissions data for previous years (2010-2019, 2021-2022) is not fully available in the provided dataset, though some reports indicate employee carbon footprint intensity in tonnes of CO2e per FTE. For the 2018 reporting year, only Scope 3 emissions were detailed, with significant contributions from purchased goods and services (approximately 4.2 billion kg CO2e) and use of sold products (approximately 10.6 billion kg CO2e).