Colgate University

Institutional Information
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 2024:
  • Scopes 1 and 2: -37%
  • Scope 3: -57%
  • 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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Graph Type
Totals
2009 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Gross MTCDE 17,030.00 15,308.57 10,721.58 10,027.78 10,448.81 9,157.95 9,275.16
Offsets (MTCDE) -9.00 -15,276.00 -11,276.00 -10,276.00 -10,576.00 -9,384.00 -9,504.00
Compost (MTCDE) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Non-Additional Sequestration (MTCDE) 0.00 3,776.00 3,776.00 -3,776.00 -3,776.00 -3,884.00 -3,884.00
Biogenic (MT CO2) 0.00 9,184.52 13,352.15 13,825.97 19,742.95 21,802.17 18,847.00
Net MTCDE 17,021.00 32.57 -554.42 -248.22 -127.19 -226.05 -228.84
2009 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Scope 1 (MTCDE) 7,918.00 10,722.68 7,390.21 8,406.25 7,907.28 6,227.23 6,182.20
Scope 2 (MTCDE) 1,885.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Scope 3 (MTCDE) 7,227.00 4,585.89 3,331.37 1,621.53 2,541.53 2,930.72 3,092.96
2009 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other On-Campus Stationary (MTCDE) 6,232.00 10,104.10 6,909.09 7,630.67 7,306.17 5,614.05 5,734.23
Direct Transportation (MTCDE) 393.00 490.94 423.97 398.85 439.54 443.44 425.94
Refrigerants & Chemicals (MTCDE) 1,293.00 113.53 41.63 362.90 151.49 155.84 13.74
Fertilizer & Animals (MTCDE) 14.11 15.52 13.83 10.08 13.90 8.29
Purchased Electricity (MTCDE) 1,885.00
Faculty Commuting (MTCDE) 1,350.67 1,490.00
Staff Commuting (MTCDE) 1,534.70 920.34 1,028.15 1,469.00
Student Commuting (MTCDE) 1,699.00
Directly Financed Air Travel (MTCDE) 4,647.00 1,752.87 1,480.99 131.67 354.00 380.00 411.00
Other Directly Financed Travel (MTCDE) 1,038.36 732.16 313.02 532.27 696.08 416.79
Solid Waste (MTCDE) 881.00 134.18 109.25 116.16 143.26 503.97 486.00
Paper Purchasing (MTCDE) 125.78 88.63 32.53 43.00 79.00
Other Purchases / Services (MTCDE) 210.17
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total Purchased Electricity Consumption (kWh) 29,557,572 27,724,752 26,521,037 28,998,476 27,688,819 29,874,579
Voluntary unbundled RECs Purchased (kWh) 31,809,000
Voluntary unbundled RECs Verification Green-e