Report of the Ministry for the Environment for the year ended 30 June 2006

1 Overview

2 Statement of Service Performance for the Year Ended 30 June 2006

3 Financial Statements for the Ministry for the Environment

4 Non-Departmental Schedules

5 Environmental Report

6 Management of the Ministry

7 Contact Information

5 Environmental Report (continued)

Carbon Footprint

Figure 4: Ministry for the Environment CO₂ equivalent emissions

In 2005/06, the Ministry generated a minimum [Note that while calculated in accordance with international Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting protocols, in common with many organisations reporting on their CO₂ impact, our CO₂ figure represents a minimum only.] of 733.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent emissions, a six percent increase on the 2004–2005 figure of 691.2 tonnes. The Ministry’s CO₂ equivalent emissions per staff person decreased by 4.5 percent, to 2.9 tonnes per staff member from the 2004–2005 emissions of three tonnes.

The increase in total emissions is primarily due to the fact that we can now calculate CO₂ emissions from energy use for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) in Environment House, where previously we could not measure a significant proportion of our energy use. The increase is due also in part to our increased kilometres travelled in international flights and the addition of a hybrid vehicle to our vehicle fleet.

Table 5: Benchmarking our performance: CO₂ equivalent emissions

	2005/06	2004/05	2003/04	2002/03
CO2 equivalent emissions per staff member (tonnes)	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.6

Key targets and commitments	Progress at 30 June 2006
Monitor our CO2 equivalent emissions to understand and report back on the reasons for any fluctuation year to year.	Ongoing: Continue to monitor our CO2 equivalent emissions throughout 2006–2007.