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Lincoln University Sustainability Report - Emissions and Measures Quick Facts

Explore key sustainability measures and targets set for Lincoln University as reported annually in our Sustainability Report.

Key sustainability emissions and measures

 

For further information please see sustainability page where you can download our latest Sustainability and SDG Report 2024.

 

Sustainability targets 

 

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Data Source

Carbon Emissions

Lincoln University - Campus (tCO²e)

8,555

7,313

5,234

6,599

7,019

6,716

Toitu Carbon Audit

Lincoln University - Farms (tCO²e)

 

 

 

 

 

8,413

Toitu Carbon Audit

Emissions per Staff (tCO²e/FTE)

12.8

12.2

9.8

12.1

12.2

10.8

Toitu Carbon Audit

Emissions per Operating Revenue (tCO²e/$Million)

67.4

61.9

44.0

52.2

50.7

45.1

Toitu Carbon Audit

Air Travel (tCO²e)

1,746

582

32

383

1,017

1,216

Toitu Carbon Audit

Air Travel

Emissions per Staff (tCO²e/staff)

2.62

0.97

0.06

0.70

1.77

1.96

Toitu Carbon Audit

student)Emissions per Student (tCO²e/

0.53

0.18

0.01

0.11

0.23

0.23

Toitu Carbon Audit

Electricity

Usage per building floor area (kWh/m²)

120

113

125

130

152

112

Toitu Carbon Audit

Electric Vehicles

Proportion of EVs Fleet

N/A

N/A

N/A

15%

27%

33%

Sustainability Report

Sustainability Rankings

Green Metric

148th out of 619

51st out of 912

51st out of

956

52nd out of 1050

94th out of 1183

85th out of 1477

Green Metric Ranking

Top 23.9%

Top 5.6%

Top 5.3%

Top 4.9%

Top 7.9%

Top 5.7%

Green Metric Ranking

Impact Ranking

N/A

101-200th

101-200th

301-400th

201-300th

101-200th

THE Impact Ranking

Waste

Landfill (% of total waste)

81%

77%

79%

76%

69%

73%

Sustainability Report

Recycling (% of total waste)

19%

23%

21%

24%

31%

27%

Sustainability Report

Water consumption

Consumption in litres (000)

N/A

N/A

N/A

154,434

194,839

183,941

Sustainability Report

Environmental Responsibility

Staff Positive Perception on the University’s environmental responsibility

45%

N/A

63%

N/A

N/A

67%

YourVoice Survey

 

Carbon Emissions

Category

 

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Category 1: Direct emissions (tCO2e)

Scope 1

4572

4524

3053

5005

4729

4114

Category 2: Indirect emissions from imported energy (locationbased method*) (tCO2e)

Scope 2

828

853

970

0

0

0

Category 2: Indirect emissions from imported energy (marketbased method*) (tCO2e)

0

0

0

0

0

0

Category 3: Indirect emissions from transportation (tCO2e)

Scope 3

2940

1649

1082

1457

2027

2364

Category 4: Indirect emissions from products used by organisation (tCO2e)

216

287

128

135

264

238

Category 5: Indirect emissions associated with the use of products from the organisation (tCO2e)

0

0

0

2

0

0

Category 6: Indirect emissions from other sources (tCO2e)

 

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total direct emissions (tCO2e)

 

4572

4524

3053

5005

4729

4114

Total indirect emissions* (tCO2e)

 

3983

2789

2181

1595

2290

2602

Total gross emissions* (tCO2e)

 

8555

7313

5234

6599

7019

6716

Purchased emission reductions (tCO2e)

 

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total net emissions (tCO2e)

 

8555

7313

5234

6599

7019

6716

 

Waste 

                                         Waste Stream

 

  2021

 

2022

 

2023

 

2024

Landfill

General Waste

186.20

202.28

219.48

226.50

Recycled

Polystyrene

No Data

0.48

0.62

0.46

Plastic Wrap

No Data

0.82

1.06

0.88

Mixed Recyclables

10.77

9.32

11.54

32.80

Scrap Metal

No Data

No Data

3.76

0.00

Paper & Cardboard

No Data

No Data

3.84

4.87

Cardboard

15.00

14.48

19.93

7.82

Paper

25.19

28.12

20.07

5.68

Ash

No Data

5.74

13.82

13.14

Food Waste

No Data

No Data

No Data

14.88

Green Waste

No Data

13.55

25.53

19.63

 

 

 

2021

 

2022

 

2023

 

2024

 

Weight (t)

% total

Weight (t)

% total

Weight (t)

% total

Weight (t)

% total

Landfill Waste

186.2

78.51%

208.71

75.76%

219.48

68.66%

226.5

72.65%

Recycled Waste

50.97

21.49%

66.79

24.24%

100.17

31.34%

100.16

30.66%

Total Waste

237.17

 

275.5

 

319.65

 

326.66