OUR EXPERT
ADVISORY PANEL
With the scope and scale of the challenge ahead, it is vital that we face outward as an organisation and constantly look for new ways of cutting our emissions.
To help us to look beyond the water industry, we have established an Expert Advisory Panel made up of individuals from very different organisational backgrounds. The panel have challenged us on this routemap’s contents and ambition.
The panel will meet annually to review our progress against the routemap and what adjustments we may need to make to deliver net zero emissions.
As we have developed our net zero routemap we have recognised the scale of our investment emissions and have developed a second panel of construction sector experts to support us on reducing emissions in this key area.
THE FOLLOWING HAVE AGREED TO PARTICIPATE ON THE PANEL:
Chris Stark
Committee for Climate Change
Ross Martin
Advisor, Regional Economies
Professor Ana Soares
Cranfield University
Professor David Reay
Edinburgh University
Professor James Yu
Scottish Power
Angus McIntosh
Scotia Gas Networks
Professor Colin Campbell
James Hutton Institute
Kathryn Dapré
NHS Scotland
SCALE OF OUR CURRENT EMISSIONS
AND PROJECTION OF 2040 EMISSIONS
INTRODUCTION
TRANSFORMATION
ELECTRICITY
PROCESS
EMISSIONS
GAS &
FUEL OIL
TRANSPORT
& TRAVEL
INVESTMENT
STORING
CARBON
Scottish Water has established a framework for the supply of sustainably sourced hydrotreated vegetable oil that can be used by both Scottish Water and its construction partners. It’s a drop in fuel replacement that reduces emissions by 90% compared to conventional diesel.
Over the last year it has been widely adopted by our construction partners, displacing diesel use in excavators, cranes and other heavy plant. It is also being used to fuel generators to provide power for remote construction sites.
On our water mains rehabilitation programme its adoption is expected to reduce emissions by nearly 30%.
