Bristol Water

Bristol Water's reported carbon emissions

Bristol Water, a water treatment company based in the UK, reported a total of approximately 83.2 billion kg CO2e for the 2024 reporting year. This figure encompasses Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions. Within this total, Scope 1 emissions accounted for approximately 20.9 billion kg CO2e. Scope 2 emissions, based on a location-based approach, were approximately 69.7 billion kg CO2e, while market-based Scope 2 emissions were around 72.1 million kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions were approximately 62.3 billion kg CO2e. For the 2022 reporting year, Bristol Water reported a total of approximately 27.2 billion kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of approximately 4.2 billion kg CO2e, and Scope 2 emissions from purchased electricity of approximately 14.3 billion kg CO2e. Scope 3 emissions for this year were approximately 50 kg CO2e, primarily from business travel. Bristol Water's emissions data is cascaded from its ultimate parent organisation, Pennon Group Plc. While specific reduction targets are not detailed in the provided information, Bristol Water does provide operational greenhouse gas emissions intensity metrics, such as emissions per million litres of treated water and per capita. For instance, in 2024, emissions were approximately 339,425 kg CO2e per million litres of sewage treated. In 2022, operational emissions were reported as approximately 182,627 kg CO2e per million litres of treated water, 16.19 kg CO2e per capita, and 0.16719 kg CO2e per million GBP of appointed turnover. In 2021, emissions were approximately 16.85 kg CO2e per capita. Emissions data was not disclosed for the reporting years 2015 through 2021, although production emission factors were available for some of these years related to carbon emissions per unit of revenue and per capita.