South West Water

South West Water's most recent reported emissions data for 2024 indicates Scope 1 emissions of approximately 321,522,000 kg CO2e. The total emissions reported for 2024 were approximately 268,265,000 kg CO2e. For 2023, the company reported total emissions of approximately 290,831,000 kg CO2e, with Scope 1 emissions at approximately 5,310,003 kg CO2e, Scope 2 market-based emissions at approximately 31,273,329 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions at approximately 9,814,314 kg CO2e, including approximately 16,247 kg CO2e from business travel.

In 2022, South West Water reported total emissions of approximately 95,035,981 kg CO2e. This included Scope 1 emissions of approximately 20,102,436 kg CO2e (with mobile combustion at approximately 3,953,178 kg CO2e, process emissions at approximately 14,388,444 kg CO2e, and stationary combustion at approximately 1,760,814 kg CO2e), Scope 2 purchased electricity emissions of approximately 66,253,861 kg CO2e, and Scope 3 emissions of approximately 17,198,030 kg CO2e (including approximately 362,636 kg CO2e from business travel).

For 2021, the company 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.

South West Water is committed to significant emissions reductions, aiming for Net Zero operational emissions by 2030 for Scope 1 and Scope 2, and Total Net Zero emissions across all scopes by 2045. These targets are also cascaded from its parent company, Pennon Group Plc. The company has a near-term target to reduce its Scope 2 market-based operational emissions by 70% by 2025, from a 2021 baseline year. Additionally, South West Water aims to reduce leakage by 50% by 2050 from a 2019/20 baseline year and has committed to an additional 1,000 Ha of peatland restoration by 2025. South West Water has also signed up to the Water UK Public Interest Commitment to become Net Zero Carbon for operational emissions by 2030, a commitment initiated in April 2019. The company has further joined the Race to Zero commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by 2045.