- Increased water demand due to higher temperatures
- Reduced availability of ground and surface water due to drought
- Increased competition for and price of raw water imports
- Equipment and asset failure due to extreme weather events
- Outages due to flooding of assets
- Changes to raw water quality
- Increased costs of energy and materials
- Regulatory system not enabling sufficient investment
- Changes in policy and regulatory requirements
- Capacity and readiness of technology to deliver Net-Zero
Affinity Water
Greenhouse gas emissions & sustainability report data
Figures are as stated in the company's own report and may use different boundaries, units or methods (for example market-based vs location-based Scope 2), so compare with care.
📈 Emissions by Report Period
| Report period | Headline emissions figure reported |
|---|---|
| 2022-04 to 2023-03 | 135.5K tCO2e (location based); 91870 tCO2e (market based) |
| 2020-2035 | 56.3K tCO2e (location-based) / 12836 tCO2e (market-based) in 2022/23 |
| 2020 | 72.2K tCO2e/year |
Each row is the headline figure extracted from a different report; scope coverage and methodology can change between years.
✅ Reported Environmental Achievements
- Reduced leakage by 18.3% (2019-2020 baseline)
- Reduced per capita consumption (PCC) by -1.5% (2019-2020 baseline)
- Reduced business demand by 9.3% (2019-2020 baseline)
- Implemented various water efficiency projects, saving the equivalent of two Olympic-sized swimming pools of water per day.
- Installed back up power (diesel generators) at critical sites and are currently investing in a solar power programme
🎯 Climate & Sustainability Targets
🔜 Short-term
- Reduce PCC by 12.9% by 2030
- Reduce leakage by 31% by 2030
- Reduce supply interruptions to under three hours by 2050
📅 Medium-term
- Increase resilience against a 1 in 500-year drought event by 2040
- Reduce groundwater abstraction by 21.9 Ml/day by 2030
- Complete GUC transfer by 2032/33
🔭 Long-term
- Achieve Net-Zero operational emissions by 2030
- Enhance resilience against river, surface and groundwater flooding over 25 years
🌱 ESG Focus Areas
Climate Change AdaptationWater Resource ManagementEnvironmental SustainabilityNet-Zero