Emissions reporting for the year ending 30 June 2025

• The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) is committed to operating in an emissions and energy-efficient environment. His office voluntarily meets the reporting requirements of the Carbon Neutral Government Programme (CNGP).

  PCE emissions have been independently verified by Toitū Envirocare (Enviro-mark Solutions Ltd) in line with ISO 14064-3:2019. View our carbon reduction certification disclosure on the Toitū website here.

  Table 1: Inventory of emissions for the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

  Category (ISO 14064-1:2018) (tCO2e)	Scopes (ISO 14064-1:2006)	2023	2024	2025
  Category 1: Direct emissions	Scope 1	0.00	0.00	0.00
  Category 2: Indirect emissions from imported energy (location-based method*)	Scope 2	2.95	1.85	3.09
  Category 3: Indirect emissions from transportation	Scope 3	15.31	18.56	25.18
  Category 4: Indirect emissions from products used by organisation		1.59	1.43	1.57
  Category 5: Indirect emissions associated with the use of products from the organisation		0.00	0.00	0.00
  Category 6: Indirect emissions from other sources		0.00	0.00	0.00
  Total direct emissions		0.00	0.00	0.00
  Total indirect emissions*		19.84	21.83	29.84
  Total gross emissions*		19.84	21.83	29.84
  Category 1 direct removals		0.00	0.00
  Purchased emission reductions		0.00	0.00	0.00
  Total net emissions		19.84	21.83	29.84

  *Emissions are reported using a location-based methodology. 

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  Figure 1: The office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment gross emissions by subcategory for 2023, 2024 and 2025.

• This is the third year the PCE has reported under the CNGP.  

  There has been an increase in reported emissions across categories 2 and 3 of about 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent against base year, 2022/23. This increase is largely attributable to an increase in air travel during the reporting year.  Travel is often required during investigations to visit sites and to carry out iwi and community consultations; the volume is dependent on the type of investigation undertaken.

  My office has implemented a range of initiatives to reduce emissions, including the introduction of automated lighting sensors and a reduction of photocopying and in-house printing, and continues to identify additional measures to further reduce our emissions.