Department for Communities and Local Government: Carbon Emissions
(asked on 7th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments in respect of carbon offsetting were made in each such year.
The Department for Communities and Local Government spent the following amounts on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years, and with the following companies:
Year | Amount | Company |
2012-13 | £464 | RWE Supply and Trading Switzerland SA |
2013-14 | £29 | EDF Trading Ltd. |
2014-15 | £835 | South Pole Carbon Asset Management |
The Department undertakes its carbon offsetting by purchasing Certified Emissions Reduction credits through the Government Carbon Offsetting Facility.