Executive Summary

As the national transport agency for Scotland, our purpose is to support and advise Scottish Ministers on operational delivery, strategy and policy relating to a wide range of transport functions.

We update Scottish Ministers annually on our efforts to limit emissions associated with our core business. This 4^th edition of the Carbon Management Plan (CMP4) sets out our commitment to achieving Net Zero across our corporate functions.

CMP4 provides details of both our historic performance, and our corporate carbon emission targets to 2027, along with the various initiatives we will undertake to achieve those. The goal of this plan is to not only achieve Net Zero across our own corporate activities, but to also challenge the way in which emissions are managed throughout our supply chain.

We have widened our emission scopes within CMP4 as, while we may not quantify, measure, or report on all indirect emissions, we can influence our supply chain across the portfolio we manage on behalf of Scottish Ministers.

As such, certain indirect emissions (Scope 3), which have previously sat out-with our corporate boundary, for reporting purposes, these sources will fall under Scope (i). Scope(i) emissions are those out-with our direct operational control, for example, those which sit with our supply chain or stakeholders. While we will not directly report or quantify the emissions associated with these areas, we will however provide a narrative within our Public Bodies Duties reporting on the work we are undertaking to influence and assist these areas in managing and mitigating emissions.

Emissions associated with our corporate business have been quantified using a consolidated approach identified through the GHG protocol  Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard. While we will endeavour to reduce all emissions associated with our business, there are limitations on what can be achieved due to a lack of technology.

We will report emissions, compared against our current emissions as reported in 2021/22 – 5,795 tCO₂e, however this will also be measured against our 2015/16 baseline – 22,222 tCO₂e. Our targets below meet the latest legislative requirements to set Zero direct and Net Zero indirect emissions targets associated with our operational control; and additionally, we have also set a Scope (i) target;

• By 2025, Transport Scotland’s Scope 1 emissions will be zero,
• By 2025, Transport Scotland’s Scope 2 emissions will be Net Zero,
• By 2025 Transport Scotland’s Scope 3 emissions will be Net Zero primed,
• By 2027 Transport Scotland will reduce indirect emissions by 15% (combination of Scope 2 & 3)
• By 2045, Transport Scotland’s Scope ‘i’ emissions will be Net Zero.

Performance in relation to these targets will be measured as part of our Annual Accounts and mandatory Climate Change Public Bodies Duties reporting.