Scottish Natural Heritage

SNH Annual Climate Change Duties Report for 2012–13

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1 Mitigation of Climate Change Emissions2 Adaptation to Climate Change3 Acting Sustainably4 Future Developments5 Detailed Supporting Information

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Chief Executive’s SummarySNH is very aware of the potential impacts on the natural heritage that will result from climate change. Therefore, we have long believed that it is important to demonstrate good practice in our own operations’ partly for our own benefit but also so we can help others to manage in more sustainable ways. We are expected by government and legislation to lead by example and fulfil the Climate Change Duties on Public Bodies by demonstrating good practice in mitigating our own emissions, adapting our own operations to climate change, and acting sustainably in doing this. We have used this opportunity to broaden our long-standing Greening reports to include more about the other work that SNH does that is relevant to climate change and sustainability. This report includes a summary ‘Sustainability Report’ in a format devised by Government.

Our performance was mixed this year. We continue to make progress on reducing the carbon intensity of our own operations. Even though we were disappointed not to meet our own 6% reduction target in 2012/13, we now emit 33% less carbon than we did five years ago. This is solid progress and demonstrates the benefits from our long-term commitment to carbon reduction and finding savings in energy use and costs.

Emissions from energy use actually went up a little, but we are confident we shall meet our 2020 targets through planned investments and more energy-efficient use of buildings.

We continue to reduce the need for work travel through smarter and flexible working, and by all our staff making greener travel choices.

We failed to meet our waste and recycling targets, but we used a lot less paper.

Tough choices remain to make sure we get the most benefit from the choices available to us. Maintaining good practice is as important as exciting new projects, especially in times of ongoing financial constraint; but we know that saving carbon, energy, travel and waste saves money and that saving money means more to spend on the natural heritage.

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What did we do in 2012–13?

– We cut our carbon emissions again, by 2.4% – We spent 2% less on energy (although we used more)– We generated a lot of our own energy – about 214,000kWh altogether– We cut our work travel emissions – by 9% on pool fleet and 8% on other travel– We produced 12% more waste and recycling rates didn’t improve.– We installed four solar photovoltaic systems to make our own electricity and a biomass heating system at our Inverness office; and improved energy efficiency at 5 more offices.– We moved out of three buildings to share with other bodies, welcomed partners into three more of our offices; and made space savings at Clydebank and Inverness. – We now share 14 buildings with others, so helping to cut public sector CO2 emissions.

What are our priorities?

We must and will continue to find energy and carbon savings to play our part in mitigating climate change and finding efficiencies. We will continue to work with others to find more sustainable and lower-carbon ways of working such as sharing buildings and vehicles, greener information and communications technology, flexible working arrangements and more sustainable procurement.

The challenge to achieve further reductions is getting tougher and further progress will need a more integrated approach to (for example) urban planning, transport infrastructure and renewable energy generation. SNH will seek to provide examples of good practice and also support and advise partner organisations where we can.

Ian JardineChief Executive

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1 Mitigation of Climate Change EmissionsWe continue to prioritise effort to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from our own operations and by working with others to reduce GHG emissions across the public sector. Excellent performance in cutting work travel offset higher energy emissions.

We have five ongoing corporate Greening targets. Performance in 2012–13 shows:

Aspect Target Performance Status

CO2e Reduce by 6% / year Reduced by 2.4%

Paper Reduce use by 4% / year Reduced by 17%

Waste Reduce by 4% / year Waste total rose by 12%

Recycling 80% of office solid waste Recycling rate remained at 59%

Biodiversity All SNH buildings have Biodiversity Action Plans and have made improvements

All SNH buildings have Biodiversity Action Plans and we have carried out improvements where possible.

1a) What we did in our own operations

Carbon AllocationsWe have completed the second year of each Unit Manager being allocated an annual carbon emissions budget (based on their operational activities) with monthly reporting. This continues to focus attention onto improvement and catching slippages in poor performance. It is particularly effective with work travel.

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Property ManagementWe moved out of energy-inefficient offices in Ayr, Dumfries and Portree, collocating with other public bodies in these towns and so cutting our carbon emissions (and costs). We welcomed Bord Na Gaidhlig into our Inverness offices and began two desk-sharing projects which have freed up space and delivered useful technical and behavioural lessons to make this work elsewhere.

Renewable Energy We installed or began construction of eight renewable energy systems at SNH properties.

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Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Newton Stewart Completed

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Isle of May NNR Completed

Micro Hydro-electricity Creag Meagaidh NNR Completion later in 2013

Biomass heating Inverness Completion in May 2013

Solar Thermal heating Inverness Completed

Battleby Completed

Aviemore Completed

Energy EfficiencyWe continued our programme of improvements, with work at five more properties, improving insulation, heating and lighting controls.

Efficiency CampaignBy Autumn 2012, we realised we were likely to fail to meet our carbon reduction targets. We launched an energy efficiency campaign to encourage local teams and managers at all of our workplaces to switch off and turn down, especially during holiday periods. Simple things like signs reminding people to turn the lights off help remind us all that we have a role. Before the campaign, we anticipated a carbon reduction of only 1.5%, but we were able to claw back a further 1.3% of energy carbon by the end of the March 2013.

Work TravelAll modes of work travel improved (except ferry), reflecting fewer staff and more use of videoconference and other remote working. The rise in ferry use is because of more marine and coastal casework, plus changes to operational Areas (although staff at our ‘remote’ offices are particularly good at using VC to replace travel).

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When a member of staff wants a pool vehicle, they now use our online booking system. This prompts carsharing if several people are going to the same destination, and it automatically selects the vehicle with the lowest emissions for the journey. The system also helps staff from different offices see if someone en route is also travelling and so avoid the embarrassment of multiple vehicles turning up to the same meeting. It also allows staff to book vehicles at other offices, so encouraging use of public transport for part of the journey, with a pool vehicle for just the part beyond the rail or bus network. This is also safer and allows staff to arrive refreshed and possibly getting some work done en route. The online booking system (along with the onboard vehicle telemetry) also improves our knowledge of vehicle utilisation and allows better fleet management to drive down emissions and costs.

We continue to proactively upgrade our pool fleet with greener cars and reducing the number of off-road vehicles. This and the proactive management helped us to reduce emissions from pool fleet use (9.1%) faster than we reduce mileage (5.3%).

The Energy Saving Trust helped us do a Grey Fleet Review to find out why staff choose to use their own cars for work travel, which produced a lot of information that we will be using in 2013–14 to identify savings and changes to our ways of working.

WasteAlthough we produced more waste this year, since 2006 we have cut amounts by 4.3% each year on average.

Three offices show higher than usual amounts, which are due to one-off rationalisations, recycling and disposal of files and stores prior to moving out or other space planning changes. Our corporate office in Inverness produces by far the largest amounts of waste (and has the most accurate data) but it has the most staff as well as catering and hosting training and other events.

We began replacing all of the various Printers, Copiers, Scanners and Fax machines with single Multifunction Devices at all our properties. The energy-efficient MFDs replace several older items, so cutting energy use and also make it easier to avoid unwanted printings.

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We provided recycling bins at three more offices (the few which did not already have enough). We also purchased staple-free ‘staplers’ for all of our offices, to act as a small reminder to avoid waste. Home-working and travel to workWe began a home-working pilot with 12 SNH staff permanently working from home. We provided seating and laptops, ensured the working area complied with Health & Safety criteria and actively strengthened the key parts of working relationships to ensure the individual and the employer both get good results. We asked the home-workers to assess the carbon impacts of their travel to work and home energy use, so that we can identify the carbon costs and benefits. The pilot is continuing into 2013–14.

We recognised the Business Continuity threat of traffic congestion from the long-term partial closure of the Kessock Bridge at Inverness, and built a campaign to help staff make greener choices. Some staff chose to work from home some days, others moved their work patterns to avoid peak times, others are taking the bus or train more regularly, and some joined a new Highland Liftshare website. Stagecoach provided bespoke information about routes to the Inverness office from outlying towns and areas. We will evaluate the benefits in summer 2013.

We again funded Bike Week Breakfasts at our Inverness and Aberdeen offices to encourage staff to cycle to work.

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1b) How we helped others to reduce emissions

Carbon SequestrationWe are one of the lead bodies in developing a Peatland Plan for the management of peatlands to improve Scotland’s biodiversity and deliver potential carbon-sequestration benefits in a changing climate, which will be supported with major Scottish Government funding. This will make a big difference to Scotland’s peatlands. We’ll work with local community groups, NGOs and land managers to restore this valuable habitat.

We also want to make sure the excellent work already done in our protected areas, such as nature reserves, guides us in this new programme. We already have a head start through the IUCN Peatland Programme, which has pulled together the best examples of peatland restoration in Scotland and throughout the UK. This will both protect peatlands from further loss due to climate change and increase the range of peatlands (so preventing release of CO2 and locking up more).

Land, water and coastal managementWe ran ‘Sharing Good Practice’ training events for outside bodies to help resolve issues between birds and wind farms, and encourage good practice in hydro-electric development.

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2 Adaptation to Climate ChangeHelping nature adapt to climate change, and ensuring that nature can help society cope with changing climate are core parts of SNH’s work with others in government and society. We manage our own operations to build resilience in the face of extreme, unusual or unpredictable weather events; and our assets (buildings, land, access) in light of likely increased threats from a changing climate.

2a) What we did in our own operations

Management of SNH properties and grounds/estate (include biodiversity and access)We regularly survey our properties to assess the risks and impacts from extreme weather events (eg wind, storm, flood); and to carry out measures to reduce the future risk (eg by better drainage, roof profiles, tree management, path alignment etc).

Staff at our National Nature Reserves regularly assess the threats to our own reserve operations and potential impacts on visitors (eg from path washout or falling trees); and we amend our land and visitor management plans accordingly.

We have previously assessed our offices and visitor centres for biodiversity, and we have carried out improvements where possible – less so this year because of work in previous years, but we improved the grounds at Battleby and Fort William through meadow management and planting. Lo

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2b) How we helped others to adapt

Our focus is on identifying the key habitats, species, landscapes and activities that are at greater risk from climate change; helping to protect them from the biggest impacts and to cope with unpredictable changes.

Policy and prioritiesWe refreshed and launched our Climate Change and Nature of Scotland policy, with a stronger focus on locking up carbon through land & water management, securing healthy ecosystems, helping ecosystems adapt to climate change and setting an example in our own operations.

Research We have reviewed all the Scottish National Nature Reserves to see how nature can help us cope with Climate Change. We have commissioned research on changes in upland vegetation re climate change, the consequences of climate change on protected areas and we are (with SEPA) co-funding research into climate change responses to standing waters.

Practical responsesWe helped the Peatland Partnership to secure Heritage Lottery Funding for the Caithness & Sutherland peatlands. We delivered £200,000 worth of projects to restore peatlands.

Although not directly driven by climate change, the increasing number of deer in and around towns is an example of how climate change affects the way people and wildlife interact. The Deer In and Around Towns Project is designed to help people and deer co-adapt and live alongside each other, including campaigns to reduce Deer Vehicle Collisions

We are working with SEPA, Local Authorities and Government to develop ways of working with Nature to manage flood risk, as well as or in place of hard landscaping measures.

We ran a ‘Sharing Good Practice’ event on Sharing Nature’s services – an Ecosystems Approach to help land managers and public authorities understand how working on the larger scale helps habitats change and move in response to changing climate.

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3 Acting Sustainably

This theme is potentially very broad and could include virtually all of our work, so for this report, we have defined this in terms of how it helps us to deliver the public bodies’ climate change duties. The SNH Annual Report gives a broader report on SNH’s work in 2012–13.

3a) What we did in our own operations

As well as the range of measures to reduce CO2 emissions, it is also important for us to reduce other environmental impacts and to strengthen our contribution to the social and economic aspects of sustainability.

ProcurementWe revised our Sustainable Procurement Policy and Practice to reflect growing demands for social and community aspects of sustainability to be included in the outcomes we seek from what we buy. It now points buyers and suppliers towards Government Buying Standards and EU Green Public Procurement standards (where they exist) and encourages our staff to seek out community benefit from SNH’s operations and to choose Fairtrade and other ethical procurement.

Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to bid for all SNH contracts. This year 70% of our contracts (53% by financial value) were awarded to SMEs. We have recently begun to log the numbers of SMEs who are invited to tender for contracts.

Our annual Procurement Capability Assessment (by Scottish Government) saw a dramatic improvement in our score, thanks to improved Contract & Supplier Management and sustainable procurement practices.

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Paper UseUse has fallen by 36% in the five years from 2007–2012, due to the ongoing digitisation of systems in SNH, smarter printing options, and other public bodies reducing their demand for paper files.

Our previous success in buying only recycled paper fell back a lot this year (from 100% two years ago, to 61%). We changed supplier (which brings uncertainty to buying habits) and also realised that the message about our buying standard (100% recycled only) had got lost or forgotten over time. We have taken action to rectify this.

Supporting employment and skills SNH is developing a Youth Employment strategy. During 2012–13, five people on Modern Apprenticeships began working with us, and we employed three graduate placements. We host work experience placements for secondary school students. We also work with volunteers - particularly at our National Nature Reserves – who help us with practical work, research and survey, and working with people.

Participants in these activities develop new skills for routes into employment. We increase our understanding of the natural world and practical action to support it. It brings social and economic benefits to communities and brings fresh thinking and vigour to our organisation, helping to make us one of Scotland’s leading public bodies

By March 2013, we had completed a draft Equality & Diversity Statement which will inform our recruitment and people management practices.

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Case Study: Local Greening Actions in South Highland Area

Fort William – Renewing the windows has made a significant effect. We used to have three big storage radiators running at full tilt throughout the winter. Since the work has been completed, we have turned one of them off and the other two are on much less. We wanted to plant up the area round our front car park with some wildlife friendly plants. The resulting ‘team building’ event was well attended and great fun. Hopefully the planted blackthorns will survive and it won’t be too long before we have some berries for the birds. Vehicle use has generally gone well through the year. Staff are using buses to get to and from Inverness more, but the lack of a bus stop on the A82 below GGH makes returning to Fort William more difficult than it needs to be.

Kinlochewe – The new vehicle booking system is working well – the vehicle fleet is greener and most staff do not have a vehicle allocated to them any more. Generally vehicle use is improving with the exception of the odd hiccup. The Reserve bike is being well used by volunteers and for going to the village. A new compost bin is also being well used. The new water cooler does not seem to be used much, but at least we’re not using bottled water that has been hauled many hundreds of miles any more.

Rum – The new battery inverters have resulted in much less diesel being used on the island. Staff are generally much more ‘green aware’ than they used to be and vehicles are being used less around the village.

Creag Meagaidh – water usage is now being metered and a new combined hydro and water supply scheme is being built. Bottled water is no longer in use on the site. The use of a smaller vehicle for many of the longer journeys is a huge step in the right direction.

Portree – We are now sharing a building with other users and less energy is being used.

Aviemore – The vehicle fleet is less carbon intensive and solar panels have been installed to provide hot water for heating and the shower; as a result a water heater has been switched off. The bottled water has been replaced with a plumbed in system. New insulation will yield long term benefits, and the wildlife garden continues to develop.

Dingwall – Work has been done in the grounds with the help of staff from other organisations in the industrial estate. Car usage reports have greatly helped us spot high vehicle usage. The vehicle fleet at Dingwall has been reduced by two, one of which was a 4x4. Bottled water has been replaced with a plumbed in system.

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3b) How we helped others to act sustainably

Much of SNH’s work is designed to deliver wider sustainability benefits for the people and nature of Scotland. We engage strategically and also help others directly. These examples give a flavour of the very wide engagement that SNH with government, business, public and voluntary bodies, local communities, visitors and individuals that together helps us all in Scotland to act more sustainably.

Strategic engagement – Strategic engagement (and leadership where directed by Government) at national and international levels (Scottish, UK, EU) to ensure that new legislation, funding packages, regulations, etc promote sustainable development. – Working directly with key employment sectors in Scotland to help minimise environmental impacts and maximise the sustainable economy, especially agriculture and land use, aquaculture and fisheries, renewable energy, tourism and recreation. – Active roles in 14 LEADER groups, 16 Community Planning Partnerships, 5 Regional Partnerships around Scotland and more; with the key aim of avoiding conflict between different national priorities and to find shared and better ways of encouraging sustainable economic development, with projects to (for example) create local path networks, help community development, promote healthy access to nature and support community employment. – Promoting environmental outcomes of the next Common Agricultural Policy period and Scotland Rural Development Programme round. – Developing a National Capital Assets approach to help deliver/support the Government’s National Performance Framework– Promoting an Ecosystem approach to Community Planning Partnerships– Supporting renewable energy with guidance and advice– Active roles in embedding sustainable management of the seas around Scotland, via input to and leadership of parts of National Marine Planning, including advice on Scottish Marine Regions, Marine Protection Areas, fishing in marine NATURA sites, Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill, coastal and firth partnerships.

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– Running three highly-rated events with Scottish Futures Forum on ‘Rethinking Wellbeing using environmental, social and economic perspectives’ with strong engagement from Parliament and Government.– Making very large amounts of SNH natural heritage data available via the National Biodiversity Network and SEWeb (Scottish Environment Web) to help others respond to climate change.

Directly helping others to act sustainably– Using grants to help achieve wider sustainably goals: helping enhance equality & diversity, creating new business opportunities, supporting community groups, supporting young people, providing volunteer opportunities and supporting the Gaelic language.– Supporting employment and training schemes run by other organisations, including The Conservation Volunteers, the National Trust for Scotland, the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.– Producing and supporting promotional and communication materials to help people and groups make better use of and care for their environment and local community. – Helping projects and organisations deliver more than 80,000 volunteer opportunities, more than 180,000 outdoor learning opportunities for children and more than 450,000 recreational opportunities.– Developing the “Year of Natural Scotland”, which encourages Scottish and other visitors to enjoy and appreciate our Nature and support the communities which depend on it including the launch of the “Big 5 Species” campaign in March 2013.– Producing nine “Explore for A Day” leaflets to encourage active enjoyment of Aberdeenshire, Caithness & Sutherland, Cairngorms, East Lothian, Easter Ross, Great Glen, Heart of Argyll, Stirling & the Trossachs, and the Outer Hebrides.

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– Leading on the new John Muir Coast to Coast Trail. End points have been agreed and work on identifying the route has begun.– Core-funding the Central Scotland Green Network and actively support local project to improve access, enjoyment, and community use; linking both habitats and communities.– Launched a new ‘Protected Places’ website with Historic Scotland.– Ran ‘Sharing Good Practice’ events to encourage Community Food Growing; Alternative Economics; Citizen Science; using environmental data in Single Outcome Agreement profiles; Transport and the Natural Heritage (with Transport Scotland).– Sponsored the annual Thistle Awards for excellent environmental tourism.– Supporting the Green Exercise Programme with NHS and Scottish Association for Mental Health to promote the physical and mental health benefits from being active outdoors in nature, including ‘social prescribing’ where SNH is helping GPs be aware of local venues for green exercise; and where SNH can learn which types of local Greenspace assets deliver better social and personal health outcomes.– Publishing a Wildlife Tourism Guide.– Creating a toolkit to help community involvement in landscape issues.– Producing maps of Wild Land in Scotland.– Engaging with government, publics sector networks and individual public bodies to strengthen carbon management practices and reporting; and develop shared projects to reduce public sector carbon emissions from buildings, travel, procurement, processes and systems.

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4 Future DevelopmentsOur carbon management work is overseen by our Carbon Management Board, chaired by our Chief Executive. Our key Greening/Carbon Management priorities for 2013–16 are:

Delivering our Low Carbon Vision for 2020

Refresh the vision and continue to embed greener behaviours more clearly into our ways of working, focusing on energy management, travel planning, and waste avoidance.

Reducing our energy CO2 emissions

Dispose of properties where energy savings are not possible or useful. Optimise space use via collocations and flexible working, especially to locations with good public transport links.

Continue to improve energy efficiency at properties where possible, useful and affordable.

Continue to install Renewable Energy systems at SNH properties with clear carbon and financial benefits, where it replaces fossil fuels.

Reducing our travel CO2 emissions

Actively manage work travel between SNH offices to reduce or replace travel, using Information & Communications Technology and greener travel planning.

Protect work travel to natural heritage sites and those who manage them, but encourage Unit Managers to use travel data to manage time and travel more efficiently.

Continue to actively invest in and manage our pool fleet to reduce vehicle numbers and emissions.

Waste and CO2 emissions Reduce the quantities of waste we produce and optimise use of available recycling facilities.

Adapting to a changing climate

Manage our property portfolio and operations to improve resilience and reduce risk from extreme weather events. Managing our landholdings to reduce carbon emissions and influencing others to do so at their landholdings.

Acting sustainably Strengthen our sustainable procurement practice to deliver environmental, social and community benefits.

Helping to deliver the public bodies’ Climate Change Duties

Influence and support government, public sector networks and other public bodies to improve their climate change practices.

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5 Detailed supporting information

Mitigating Climate Change Emissions

Total CO2e emissions from SNH operationsUsing consistent CO2e conversion factors, this graph shows performance since 2000 compared to targets and various possible trajectories. It shows we are maintaining very good progress year-on-year and are likely to achieve our 2020 carbon reduction targets.

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% change emissions

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Per year -1.2 -0.4 +2.1 -2.2 -7.8 -2.5 -5.4 -8.5 -13.8 -2.4

Cumulative -1.2 -1.6 +0.5 -1.7 -9.4 -11.7 -16.4 -23.5 -33.1 -35.4

CO2e (tonnes) 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

CO2e (energy) 1660.4 1392.6 1450.9

CO2e (work travel) 558.0 519.3 415.8

CO2e (all) 2218.4 1911.9 1866.7

Percent change -8.5% -13.8% -2.4%

Staff Nos at 31/3/2013 (FTE) 766 730 711

CO2e per person 2.896 2.619 2.625

Percent change -5.4% -9.6% +0.2%

Note: * Since April 2010, we calculate our emissions for a basket of three greenhouse gases, known as CO2 equivalent (CO2e).

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CO2e (work travel)

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Trains 113.8 133.9 71.4

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558.0 519.3 415.8

% change -9.2% -6.9% -20%

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CO2e per person (t)

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Purchase records show 61% of paper bought in 2012–13 was made from 100% recycled materials, but another 13% meeting other environmental standards (eg FSC, PEFC) but not being made from recycled materials.

* Data for 2011–12 are estimates due to management information not being available for as a result of changing supplier.

Waste Production (by volume in m3) from SNH operations Our targets are to cut the amount of solid waste produced by 4% per year and recycle 80%. Since 2006/07, we have reduced waste production by 26%, at an average of 4.3% each year.

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Recycled 520.7 405.8 450.4

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Total Waste 750.6 675.9 759.8

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Summary of IT disposals 2012-13

Laptops 11 (plus 2 boxes of assorted peripherals and telephones).

All IT items are disposed of via authorised WEEE-compliant contracts – 63 items were sold and 72 were recycled, with 41 awaiting completion by year end.

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Desktop PCs 105

Printers 9

Servers 8

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Information in Scottish Government “Sustainability Report” format

Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Use and Cost

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Non-financial indicators (tonnes CO2e)

Total gross emissions 2218.4 1911.9 1866.7

Total net emissions * 2218.4 1911.9 1866.7

Scope 1 gross emissions 972.9 682.5 735.6

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Energy use (kWh) Electricity non-renewable 1,749,236 1,582,914 1,535,427

Electricity – renewable 132,000 141,500 214,200

Gas 1,435,638 920,570 1,095,478

Oil 306,625 745,200 789,912

Biomass 440,126 646,320 634,000

Other fuels 459,875 25,096 18,571

Energy – self-generated * 132,000 141,500 214,200

Total Energy use 4,391,500 3,920,100 4,287,588

Financial indicators (£) Energy spend £411,689 £383,356 £374,821

Notes:* We do not claim any grid electricity as ‘green tariff’ and so do not ‘net-off’ any emissions** Renewable self-generated electricity is now mostly metered (Rum hydro, Forvie wind turbine, PV at Golspie, Dingwall, Battleby and Inverness) with estimates only for Noss and Isle of May.

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Work travel (miles) Pool fleet 1,135,374 1,023,827 969,325

Private Cars 293,202 225,071 198,041

Train 1,138,700 1,339,824 729,858

Ferry 15,600 17,100 76,512

Air 202,350 142,968 122,383

Other (bus, bike, taxi) 20,664 5,158 5,147

Total mileage 2,683,130 2,672,365 1,949,138

Financial indicators (£) Scope 1 Work Travel (pool fleet)

£309,222 £296,180 £271,882

Scope 2 Work Travel (other) £608,592 £550,438 £530,438

Note:Pool car, private car and bike miles are derived from actual data based on pool car telemetry and claimed expenses. Train, ferry, air, bus and taxi miles are generated from information provided by travellers when booking tickets or claiming expenses.

Waste (m3) Total volume of waste 750.6 675.9 759.8

Hazardous Waste none none none

Landfill 229.9 270.1 309.4

Reused/Recycled 520.7 405.8 450.4

Energy from Waste/incinerated none none none

tonnes CO2e Emissions from waste 39.7 35.8 40.2

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Financial indicators (£) Total Waste disposal cost Not available Not available Not available

Hazardous Waste disposal cost

none none none

Landfill Not available Not available Not available

Reused/Recycled Not available Not available Not available

Energy from Waste/incinerated none none none

We cannot separate the financial costs for waste from other office/facilities management costs. Even where the waste element is subcontracted at larger sites, this doesn’t reflect a true SNH-wide cost and so would give a false value.

Water (m3) Supplied Not available Not available Not available

Disposed Not available Not available Not available

Financial indicator (£) Water Supply costs £92,306 £54,869 £97,898

We do not collect or cannot get, water supply and disposal information for all our properties

The data in this Sustainability Report for energy, waste, water and work travel cover all properties occupied entirely by SNH and the SNH share of properties we shared with others; and excludes space occupied by others or travel by others using SNH vehicles.

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Scopes of Carbon emissionsThe international Greenhouse Gas Protocol (www.ghgprotocol.org) distinguishes different types of emissions, for accounting purposes, into three Scopes within the accounting boundary of the organisation (ie what it has direct budgetary control over). Therefore we do not measure and report on any activities carried out by others who are supported by SNH.

Scope 1: Direct GHG Emissions Sources owned or controlled by the organisation, including boilers owned or controlled by the organisation and organisation-owned fleet vehicles.

Scope 2: Energy Indirect EmissionsElectricity supplied by another party, and any other purchased heat, steam and cooling.

Scope 3: Other indirect GHG EmissionsAll other emissions not owned or controlled by the entity, including staff travel by eg public transport or commercial airlines; work done by supply chain; embodied in assets (ie extraction, manufacturing & transportation); and use of an organisation’s goods & services.

Notes:* Where SNH occupies part of a property, we only include our percentage share of energy use and emissions. Other bodies are responsible for their share of emissions at such properties.* No fugitive emissions were recorded in 2012–13 from the air conditioning used at two SNH properties, chillers used at three Deer Larders, and domestic fridges. * SNH can provide full data for Scopes 1 and 2, but for scope 3 we can currently provide data only for business travel, waste to landfill, and some water consumption

This Report is issued alongside our Annual Report and Accounts, published on the SNH website. Find previous reports and more information on the Corporate Greening page of the SNH website. This document is available on the SNH website. No paper copies are printed by SNH.

CO2 emission conversion factors are taken from DEFRA’s “Revised Guidelines for Company Reporting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions”. For 2012–13, SNH continues to use the 2009 factors to enable consistent analysis between years.

Further Information – please contact our Greening the Workplace team: Tel: 01463 725073 Email greening@snh.gov.uk

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