Climate Change Data

Information Commissioner’s Office

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021-04 to 2022-03)

Reporting Period: 2021-04 to 2022-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:84 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:37 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:32 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:15 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:100% (electricity)
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:207 m3/year
Waste Generated:11 tons/year
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Sustainability
  • Whistleblowing
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced carbon emissions from travel due to COVID-19 restrictions
  • Switched to 100% renewable electricity tariff since 2019
  • Reduced waste production, water usage, and paper usage

Social Achievements

  • Improved mobile phone extraction practices across the criminal justice system
  • Took action against organisations responsible for unwanted marketing calls, particularly targeting vulnerable people
  • Age appropriate design code (AADC) completed its transitional period, protecting children's privacy online
  • Increased black, Asian, and ethnic minority representation at senior levels
  • Increased number of female staff in senior leadership roles by 85% over three years

Governance Achievements

  • Published Service Charter outlining customer expectations and ICO commitments
  • Introduced new technology to automate data protection fee payments and registration changes
  • Implemented a recovery plan to improve response rates to information requests

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve greater staff diversity
  • Develop a workforce planning framework
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce active FOI caseload
  • Improve response times to information requests

Environmental Challenges

  • High volumes of complaints and appeals in Freedom of Information cases
  • Pandemic impact on service standards and staff capacity
  • Competitive recruitment market impacting specialist role recruitment
  • Increase in National Insurance contributions for businesses
Mitigation Strategies
  • Allocating more resources to FOI functions
  • Implementing service-focused initiatives to improve customer experience
  • Developing a workforce planning framework
  • Implementing a recovery plan for information access requests
  • Setting a budget based on prudent assumptions and regularly monitoring it

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Requesting sustainability statements and policies from tendering suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, IFRS

Certifications: null

Third-party Assurance: Comptroller and Auditor General

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Two Regulators Pioneer Fund Awards