EcoAct develops decarbonisation model to support The University of Manchester

To support The University of Manchester, EcoAct began with completing a rigorous peer benchmarking exercise against other universities’ carbon reporting. This allowed The University of Manchester to gain an understanding of what other universities were doing in regards to publishing their carbon footprints and how they were aligning them to certain standards such as the GHG Protocol. Following this, EcoAct created a bespoke auditable tool for the University to update each year with new activity data, to ensure they could keep track of their emissions.

EcoAct quality checked the University’s Scope 1&2 emissions and homeworking calculations. This was done using EcoAct’s homeworking emissions carbon calculation methodology. We then modelled their decarbonisation pathways based on the newly calculated carbon footprint which provides year-on-year absolute reduction recommendations to reach the University’s Scope 3 emissions target of net-zero by 2050 and Zero Carbon (Scope 1 & 2) by 2038.

EcoAct engaged with key internal stakeholders, both operational and academic, throughout a three-hour workshop where EcoAct explored and explained Scope 3 emissions data, calculations and solutions. The University’s Scope 3 boundary was aligned with the EAUC Standardised Emissions Framework, a framework for sector-wide carbon reporting for the tertiary education sector that EcoAct helped to develop.