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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory reports

Council has received a number of awards for reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As part of reducing emissions across the Kāpiti district, as well as our organisation, it's important that we measure emissions.

District emissions

Carbon emissions for the Kāpiti Coast District have been measured using the Global Protocol for Community Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (GPC). The method includes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary energy, transportation, waste, industry (IPPU), agriculture and forestry sectors.

You can read about regional emissions in the Wellington Region report at Greenhouse gas inventory, or find out more at Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Council's corporate GHG emissions

We're committed to sustainability and environmental management, and as part of our CarbonReduce certification requirements we've developed an Emissions Management and Reduction Plan[PDF 2.05 MB].

Under that plan, Council adopted a 2021/22 target of reducing its operational carbon footprint to 80 percent of the 2009/10 baseline level.

We have been measuring and reporting our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions since 2012. Our performance has been independently audited and verified under Enviro-Mark Solutions’ Certified Emissions Measurement and Reporting Scheme (CEMARS), renamed Toitū's Carbon reduce in 2019. That scheme has tracked how we measure, manage and reduce our GHG emissions, and reports these in the reports below.

All documents are in PDF format and available for download or print.