South West Water

South West Water's reported carbon emissions

South West Water, a water collection, purification, and distribution services company based in Great Britain, is actively engaged in climate action. For the reporting year 2024, the company reported Scope 1 emissions, with specific figures not provided in this dataset. The company has set ambitious targets to reduce its environmental impact. South West Water aims to achieve a 70% reduction in Scope 2 market-based operational emissions by 2025, relative to a 2021 baseline. This commitment is further reinforced by broader goals to lower operational carbon emissions by 2030, aligning with the Water UK Public Interest Commitment to reach Net Zero Carbon for operational emissions by the same year. Additionally, South West Water is committed to reducing leakage by 50% by 2050, using a 2019/20 baseline year. While specific total emissions figures for recent years are not fully itemised across all scopes within this data, the company reported approximately 268,265,000 kg CO2e for 2024, with Scope 1 emissions totalling approximately 321,522,000 kg CO2e. In 2023, total emissions were approximately 290,831,000 kg CO2e, comprising Scope 1 at approximately 5,310,003 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based at approximately 31,273,329 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 at approximately 9,814,314 kg CO2e. For 2022, total emissions were approximately 95,035,981 kg CO2e, with Scope 1 at approximately 20,102,436 kg CO2e and Scope 2 at approximately 66,253,861 kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for 2022 were approximately 17,198,030 kg CO2e. In 2021, South West Water reported Scope 1 emissions of approximately 3,278,000 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions of approximately 42,216,000 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of approximately 7,334,000 kg CO2e. The company also reported an overall GHG emission intensity of approximately 0.07499 kg CO2e per GBP of turnover for 2021. South West Water's emissions data and reduction targets are cascaded from its ultimate parent organisation, Pennon Group Plc. The company is also committed to restoring 1,000 hectares of peatland by 2025.