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b. Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the related risks
RWS Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
are included in detail on pages 27 to 29 of this report.
These have been calculated using the GHG Protocol
methodology. RWS emissions are as follows:
Scope
Note: The above Scope 3 emissions include the following
categories:
•
•
•
FY23 GHG
Emissions
(tCO2e)
Scope 1
•
•
•
•
488
Scope 2 (location-based)
5,147
Scope 2 (market-based)
4,634
Scope 3 (location-based)
30,851
Scope 3 (market-based)
30,824
Total (location-based)
36,486
Total (market-based)
35,946
Category 1 (Purchased Goods and Services)
Category 2 (Capital Goods)
Category 3 (Fuel- and Energy-Related Activities Not
Included in Scope 1 or Scope 2)
Category 5 (Waste Generated in Operations)
Category 6 (Business Travel)
Category 7 (Employee Commuting)
Category 8 (Upstream Leased Assets)
RWS recognises that the risks associated with ignoring
climate change include physical climate disruption,
resource depletion, and various knock-on transitional
e昀昀ects, as well as the business speci昀椀c risks already
identi昀椀ed and discussed in detail within the previous TCFD
strategy section.
As a business with a complex and vast value chain, RWS
also recognises that it must play its part to mitigate the
e昀昀ects of climate change through a robust climate change
management strategy.
c. Targets to manage climate-related risks and opportunities, and performance
against targets
RWS has an overall target of becoming carbon net zero by 2050, and has publicly committed and published this target
with the SBTi in 2022. To achieve this, there are several interim targets (see target ref. numbers 1 and 2 in the below
table) to aid with the tracking of the Group’s performance. We have submitted the following targets to SBTi for their
review.
Target ref. number
1
2
Type of target
Absolute
Intensity
Coverage
Scope 1 and 2
Scope 3 Category 1 –
Purchased Goods and Services
Metric (if applicable)
N/A
Gross pro昀椀t (£1M)
Target
50.4% reduction
58.1% reduction
Base year (FY22) result
4,714
63.7
Expected result in target year (FY33)
2,338
26.7
% of target achieved in FY23, relative to base year
-38.8%
25.6%
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