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Achieved Carbon Neutrality

Commitments:

Climate Commitment
Race to Zero

Specific Goals:

Carbon neutral by 2019
40% reduction of Stationary Fuels Carbon by 2030 relative to 2009
40% reduction of Total Carbon by 2030 relative to 2009
100% reduction of Purchased Electricity Carbon by 2040 relative to 2009

Change in Emissions from 2009 to 2023:

Scopes 1 and 2: -36%
Scope 3: -59%
Gross emissions: -46%
Net emissions: -101%

The dashboard below is sourced from the GRITS sustainability project tracking platform and displays the impacts of projects tracked by Colgate University:

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Totals

Fiscal Year	Gross MTCDE	Offsets (MTCDE)	Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE)	Biogenic (MT CO2)	Net MTCDE
2009	17,030.00	-9.00	0.00	0.00	17,021.00
2019	15,308.57	-15,276.00	3,776.00	9,184.52	32.57
2020	10,721.58	-11,276.00	3,776.00	13,352.15	-554.42
2021	10,027.78	-10,276.00	-3,776.00	13,825.97	-248.22
2022	10,448.81	-10,576.00	-3,776.00	19,742.95	-127.19
2023	9,157.95	-9,384.00	-3,884.00	21,802.17	-226.05

Scopes

Fiscal Year	Scope	GHG MTCDE
2009	1	7,918.00
2009	2	1,885.00
2009	3	7,227.00
2019	1	10,722.68
2019	2	0.00
2019	3	4,585.89
2020	1	7,390.21
2020	2	0.00
2020	3	3,331.37
2021	1	8,406.25
2021	2	0.00
2021	3	1,621.53
2022	1	7,907.28
2022	2	0.00
2022	3	2,541.53
2023	1	6,227.23
2023	2	0.00
2023	3	2,930.72

Categories

Fiscal Year	Scope	Source	GHG MTCDE
2009	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	6,232.00
2009	1	Direct Transportation	393.00
2009	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	1,293.00
2009	2	Purchased Electricity	1,885.00
2009	3	Student Commuting	1,699.00
2009	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	4,647.00
2009	3	Solid Waste	881.00
2019	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	10,104.10
2019	1	Direct Transportation	490.94
2019	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	113.53
2019	1	Fertilizer & Animals	14.11
2019	3	Staff Commuting	1,534.70
2019	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	1,752.87
2019	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	1,038.36
2019	3	Solid Waste	134.18
2019	3	Paper Purchasing	125.78
2020	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	6,909.09
2020	1	Direct Transportation	423.97
2020	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	41.63
2020	1	Fertilizer & Animals	15.52
2020	3	Staff Commuting	920.34
2020	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	1,480.99
2020	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	732.16
2020	3	Solid Waste	109.25
2020	3	Paper Purchasing	88.63
2021	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	7,630.67
2021	1	Direct Transportation	398.85
2021	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	362.90
2021	1	Fertilizer & Animals	13.83
2021	3	Staff Commuting	1,028.15
2021	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	131.67
2021	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	313.02
2021	3	Solid Waste	116.16
2021	3	Paper Purchasing	32.53
2022	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	7,306.17
2022	1	Direct Transportation	439.54
2022	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	151.49
2022	1	Fertilizer & Animals	10.08
2022	3	Staff Commuting	1,469.00
2022	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	354.00
2022	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	532.27
2022	3	Solid Waste	143.26
2022	3	Paper Purchasing	43.00
2023	1	Other On-Campus Stationary	5,614.05
2023	1	Direct Transportation	443.44
2023	1	Refrigerants & Chemicals	155.84
2023	1	Fertilizer & Animals	13.90
2023	3	Faculty Commuting	1,350.67
2023	3	Directly Financed Air Travel	380.00
2023	3	Other Directly Financed Travel	696.08
2023	3	Solid Waste	503.97

Mitigation Data

Fiscal Year	Source	Value	Unit
2019	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	29,557,572	kWh
2019	Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased	31,809,000	kWh
2019	Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification	Green-e
2020	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	27,724,752	kWh
2021	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	26,521,037	kWh
2022	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	28,998,476	kWh
2023	Total Purchased Electricity Consumption	27,688,819	kWh