*CO2 equivalent represents all greenhouse emissions by converting other gasses into an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide (in terms of warming potential). For example, one tonne of methane has the warming potential of 21 tonnes of CO2.

What do these emissions mean?

Let's dig in..

Kristin Emmissions Breakdown

Scope 1 (Direct Emissions)

School Vehicles

Stationary Fuels

Scope 2 (Indirect-ish Emissions)

Electricity

Scope 3 (Indirect Emissions)

Purchased Goods & Services

Fuel and Energy-related Emissions

School Waste

What are the significant sources of our emissions?

77% of our emissions were from “School Travel”

70% of our total emissions were from school-related flights

In 2019, students and staff travelled to many international destinations on school trips, like Peru and China (just to name a few).

Our report includes a factor called radiative forcing, which helps explain why air travel makes up so much of our emissions:

​“Radiative forcing helps organisations account for the wider climate effects of aviation, including water vapour and indirect GHGs. This is an area of active research, which seeks to express the relationship between emissions and climate warming effects of aviation.” - Ekos

We elected to include radiative forcing in our report. This means we apply a multiplier of 1.9 to our air travel emissions.

Because of COVID-19, our 2020 and 2021 emissions are likely to be significantly lower since travel has been limited to domestic flights.