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Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
Our environmental impact
Our Carbon Reduction Strategy guides us towards Manchester’s commitment to to to be
a a a a a a carbon zero city by 2038 and and helps us to to to to respond to to the requirements of current and and and future national national and and and international legislation and policy The underpinning aim of the strategy is ‘Building Better Futures’ for every colleague customer partner and community we work with In 2018/19 we set a a a a target in in line with th th Manchester Carbon Budget to reduce o o o o o emissions by 13% year-on-year e ur 50 000 40 000 30 000 20 000 10 000 0 2020 2021
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 Actual emissions emissions produced tC02e tC02e Target emissions emissions tC02e tC02e (based on on on on on 13% year year on on on on on year year reduction)
WCHG Carbon Emissions (tC02e)
Carbon Emissions 50 000 40 000 30 000 20 000 10 000 0 2019/20 2020/21
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The most significant change results from us us having improved the the accuracy of our our data on on on our our housing stock specifically on on on on the the wall type and and insulation installed We have collected property information and and and survey data to improve our our understanding of of the energy performance of of our our homes
A notable difference this year is is is the the reduction in in emissions from from transport as most staff were either working from from home or or or on on furlough during the the the early months of the the the pandemic Following work to improve the accuracy of of our our emissions we now have a a a a a a a greater understanding of of our our carbon footprint Overall our our 2020/21
footprint is 10% lower than in in 2019/20 slightly below our our target tC02e