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SGS College has a vision to become the UK's most sustainable further education college by 2030. Working with the Corporation, we aim to update our mission statement to embrace both the environmental well-being of our communities and to ensure that the provision we offer is sustainable. We also aim to be carbon neutral by 2030. This plan also aligns to the Department for Education's Draft Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy (November 2021).
In achieving our vision, it is important that we inspire and enthuse all stakeholders, with a specific focus on learners, so that they understand what we are trying to achieve and the long-term benefits of our ambition. We aim to educate in our approach so that the value of our commitment to our vision is felt beyond our immediate stakeholders but also has a lasting impact due to the development of a culture within the College that embraces sustainability in all elements of the business as well as being recognised as central to all decision making.
By embracing sustainability into the College's mission statement, we are demonstrating a commitment at all levels to sustainability and leaders and managers will lead by example and ensure that it is a core element of business planning, as well as embedded within curriculum planning. The College's sustainability group, with representation from all levels of the College staff, corporation and student cohort, will lead on delivering the operational objectives set within this plan, whilst the Corporation will hold the Executive Team to account for achieving the annual sustainability key performance indicators.
Giving learners the knowledge, skills and motivation to make a difference and to value our approach to sustainability and their long-term commitment to our environment is integral to our objectives within this plan.
To achieve our long-term goals, we will continue to work in collaboration with external partners in order to ensure we take advantage of relationships in order to be at the forefront of the low-carbon agenda and long-term educational and business approaches to sustainability.
Ensuring that we continually strive to develop our estate and the way we run our operations in the most sustainable way is our final key value in delivering our plan.
The following objectives will enable us to achieve our vision, working to the acronym of 'CEDAR' Communicate, Educate, Deliver, Analyse, Resource:
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Annually, the College Executive will present the following KPIs to Corporation for review in order to measure our progress towards our Sustainability vision:
KPI |
Aim |
Measure |
Target |
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Biodiversity |
Increase the amount of biodiversity spaces on our campuses |
Initial base line assessment of existing amount of 'green' space across college |
10% increase annually |
Engagement |
Increase the student engagement in sustainability. |
Start of year and end of year student surveys |
20% increase between start and end of year survey |
Increase the staff approval score for the College’s approach to sustainability |
Annual employee survey |
80% satisfaction rate |
|
Transport |
Reduce CO2 from all diesel and petrol car journeys to, from and between campuses. Measure is C02 based on estimate of number of car journeys and average distance. Includes SGS fleet mileage, mileage claims, vehicle transaction reports (CMP) and travel survey results. |
Reduce by 20% annually from the College's baseline position of 118 tonnes |
|
Supply chain |
Reduce C02 from supply Chain and contractors. |
Benchmark against sector date |
10% reduction annually |
Waste |
Reduce C02 from waste |
Measure is direct input of CO2 from Annual SGS Carbon Footprint Report. |
Reduce by 10% annually from baseline position of 32 tonnes |
Utilities |
Reduce C02 from utilities. |
Measure is input from electricity, gas, oil and water elements of the Annual SGS Carbon Footprint Report. |
Reduce by 10% from baseline position of 436 tonnes |
Reporting Year Start Date | 1/8/2020 |
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Energy Consumption (All kWh) | UK Energy Consumption 19/20 (kWh) | UK Energy Consumption 20/21 (kWh) |
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Fossil Fuels in stationary combustion | 2,041,887 | 3,089,175 |
Fossil fuels in owned / operated transport | 190,328 | 155,908 |
Purchased Electricity | 2,895,515 | 4,732,953 |
Energy from the fuel used in personal / hire cars for business use ("Greyfleet") | 197,426 | 50,416 |
Total Energy Consumption | 5,325,156 | 8,028,452 |
Footprint Breakdown | Scope |
UK Carbon Footprint
"Locational Based" (tonnes CO2e) |
UK Carbon Footprint
"Market Based" (tonnes CO2e) |
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19/20 | 20/21 | 19/20 | 20/21 | ||
Emissions from fuels used in stationary combustion | 1 | 383 | 568 | 383 | 568 |
Emissions from fuels used in owned / operated transport | 1 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 |
Emissions from purchased Electricity consumption | 2 | 675 | 1,005 | 0 | 0 |
Emissions from the fuel used in personal / hire cars for business use | 3 | 62 | 16 | 62 | 16 |
Total Footprint | 1,165 | 1,634 | 490 | 629 |
Intensity Ratio
"UK Intensity - Market basis |
Kg Co2 / Enrolled student" | |
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19/20 | 20/21 | |
Footprint per Enrolled student | 120.13 | 130.39 |
SGS has an increasing focus on energy efficiency within its estate. The most recent additions to the estate have focused on using renewable energy, natural ventilation methods and high efficiency lighting. There has been further action to upgrade and modernise the Building Management Systems at our all of our campuses.
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on activities relating to improving the energy efficiency of the buildings during 2021.
During the 2020/21 financial year, SGS sourced all of its electricity via REGO backed renewables. This is reflected in the "market basis" carbon footprint above. This reduces the SGS group carbon footprint by 56% when compared to a standard electricity tariff.
The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions associated with the operations of South Gloucestershire and Stroud College have been quantified according to the GHG Protocol, Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard following the operational control approach. Seven types of greenhouse gases are included in the Kyoto Protocol and are required for reporting under the GHG Protocol. They are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulphur hexafluoride, and nitrogen trifluoride. The total emissions are measured in metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
This report covers the activities of the SGS college activities only and
excludes those of the academy and commercial services. The SECR required
data is based on energy consumption at the Stroud, Filton North, Filton
South, WISE and Queen's campuses, plus business travel in private
vehicles.
There are no joint ventures or similar investments in other organisations
or UK based locations beyond those listed above.
The majority of the financial year took place in 2021 and uses 2021 BEIS Greenhouse Gas conversion factors as stipulated by BEIS. The SECR regulations require publishing the locational footprint, which requires the use of carbon conversion factors suited to the locality of consumption. However, this would not reflect the impact of renewable electricity purchasing, and therefore, the "Market based" footprint is also presented per the GHG protocol. The intensity factor has been calculated using the "Market based" footprint.
The electricity consumption has been sourced from monthly electricity data. Gas consumption is based on monthly billed consumption.
The use of private vehicles for business purposes has been calculated using the organisation's expense data for average vehicles of unknown fuel types.
The reporting period overlaps the local and national restrictions in the UK as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic during which SGS's operations within the UK were affected significantly. Reductions in business travel, an increase in working from home and changes to the building's facilities to support COVID-secure working practices are likely to result in an atypical year for the organisation's energy use and carbon emissions particularly used for comparative purposes.
Last updated, 31st March 2022 @ 8:40am.