Missing data
The council has worked to collect all available data to ensure the council’s carbon footprint is accurate and well informed. It is noted that some data is unavailable, missing or excluded, details of these can be found below in Table 3.
The effect of this missing and excluded data is likely to have a minimal impact on the overall carbon footprint.
Table 3: Missing data for the 2019/20 carbon footprint calculations
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Scope |
Unavailable Date |
Outcome |
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2019 Annual Fleet Miles |
An annual average was calculated with the fleet miles of one month for calculations |
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Assets which the council own but are not in charge of electricity or gas |
Excluded due to lack of control over sources |
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Recycling data for some assets not held |
Excluded due to lack of figures, overall waste and recycling emissions still included |
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Procurement and material use |
Excluded due to lack of data |
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Business use of public transport |
Excluded due to lack of data |
Conversion factors
- The methodology behind the calculation of GHG emissions is through the application of documented and approved GHG emission conversion factors. These factors are calculated ratios which relate emissions to a proxy measure of activity from an emissions source.
- Further detail on the methodology and emissions factors can be found on the UK Government website: conversion factors for company reporting of greenhouse gas emissions.
- The emission source data used, also known as activity data, is multiplied by the relevant emission factor to calculate CO2e equivalent emissions.
- CO2e= activity data x emission conversion factor.
- Emission factors for the 2019 period can be found on the UK Government website: Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2019.