- Climate change (hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters, increased drought risk).
- Limited water supplies and opportunities to increase output from existing sources.
- Population growth (additional 890,000 people predicted by 2050).
- Limited opportunities for reducing water usage and leakage.
- Sustainability reductions (further abstraction license reductions required).
Anglian Water Services Limited
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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | 276.3K tCO2e/year |
| 2022-2023 | 258.9K tCO2e/year |
| 2021-2022 | 269.4K tCO2e/year |
| 2020 | 290.3M kg CO2e/year |
Each row is the headline figure extracted from a different report; scope coverage and methodology can change between years.
✅ Reported Environmental Achievements
- Reduced abstraction from sensitive environments by 5.6% (85 million liters reduction) by 2025.
- Industry-leading leakage rates (half the industry average).
🎯 Climate & Sustainability Targets
🔜 Short-term
- Reduce leakage by approximately 23.7% from 2017/18 baseline.
📅 Medium-term
- Achieve maximum feasible smart meter penetration by 2030.
- Achieve significant demand savings of 25 Ml/d by 2030.
- Complete the Fens Reservoir by 2035 and the South Lincolnshire Reservoir by 2039.
- Achieve 1 in 500-year drought resilience by 2039.
🔭 Long-term
- Achieve a per capita consumption of 110 liters per head per day by 2050.
- Achieve net zero operational carbon emissions by 2030.
🌱 ESG Focus Areas
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