2019-02-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    12 FEBRUARY 2019


Scope 3 emissions were estimated in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Technical
Guidance for Calculating Scope 3 Emissions4. It should be noted that emissions embedded in
purchased goods and services were estimated based on the dollar spend for each type of goods
and services purchased. This is a conservative approach to emission calculation and is likely to
overestimate the emissions. Council will continue to review and refine the methodology for Scope
3 emission calculations in accordance with recognised methodologies.

Exclusions: Council recognises that collecting data, assessing data quality, and improving data
quality is an iterative process. The following data is currently excluded:
 Scope 1: refrigerant leakage from air conditioning systems and refrigerators. These emissions
   are likely to be less than 1 % and will not be material to the overall footprint; and
 Scope 3: employee commuting. These emissions are likely to be less than 1% and will not be
   material to the overall footprint.

Key Action 2:               GHG emissions will be measured annually. Progress towards the
                            defined zero net emissions target will be included in Council’s annual
                            reporting.

The 2017/18 Carbon Footprint is presented in Table 1

                                   Noosa Council Carbon Footprint 2017/18
                                           Emissions (tonnes CO2e)             % of total footprint
Scope 1
Transport Fuels                                     896                              1.85%
Stationary Fuels                                    156                              0.32%
Landfill emissions                                 26712                            55.21%
Scope 2
Electricity - large sites                           2094                             4.33%
Electricity small sites                             656                              1.36%
Rate 3 Streetlights                                 105                              0.22%
Scope 3
Purchased goods & services -
operational                                         9769                            20.19%
Purchased Goods & services -
capital                                             5432                            11.23%
Other                                               2560                             5.29%
Total emissions                                 48381
Table 1: Noosa Council Carbon Footprint 2017/18




4 http://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Scope3_Calculation_Guidance_0.pdf


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