Annual Sustainability Report Performance Dashboard
Learn more about our sustainability performance metrics.
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Environmental performance metrics |
2018/19 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
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Total energy consumption on site in kilowatt-hours (metered utilities and solar) (i) |
76,322,510 kWh |
65,918,957 kWh |
65,932,843 kWh |
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Energy use from self-generated low carbon sources in kilowatt-hours (solar and combined heat and power generations) |
8,378,330 kWh |
9,484,143.2 kWh |
6,846,662 kWh |
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Proportion of energy use from self-generated low carbon sources |
11% |
14.4% |
10% |
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Energy use from renewable sources in kilowatt-hours (green supply contract electricity and solar) |
830,800 kWh |
16,111,034 kWh |
17,484,845 kWh |
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Proportion of energy use from renewable sources |
1.1% |
24% |
28% |
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Total energy use from low carbon sources in kilowatt-hours (green supply contract electricity, solar and combined heat and power) |
8,378,330 kWh |
24,838,973 kWh |
24,331,507 kWh |
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Proportion of total energy use from low carbon sources |
11% |
38% |
37% |
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Spend on electricity – the spend quoted excludes off-campus houses |
£3,091,830 |
£3,348,360 |
£5,369,808 |
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Spend on gas – the spend quoted excludes off-campus houses |
£1,597,848 |
£1,795,512 |
£3,265,528 |
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Total spend on energy |
£4,689,678 |
£5,143,872 |
£8,635,337 |
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Water consumption (the volumes quoted are for University use on campus only) |
327,484 m3 |
349,071 m3
|
328,163 m3 |
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Water consumption per person |
16.29 m3 |
16.50 m3 |
16.16 m3 |
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Total amount of waste generated (in tonnes) – please note this excludes construction and project waste |
2,548.122 t |
1286.48 t |
1528.96 t |
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Proportion of waste recycled |
433.181 t = 17% |
400.25 t = 31.1% |
477.54 t =31.2% |
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Waste sent to energy recovery |
Not reported |
845.07 t = 65.7% |
996.59 t =65.2% |
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Amount of food waste collected (ii) |
56.38 t |
25.82 t |
17.08t |
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Scope 1 Carbon Emissions |
10,213.51 tCO2e (iii)) |
9,092.30 tCO2e (iv) |
8,745.19 tCO2e (iv) |
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Scope 2 Carbon Emissions |
5,228.29 tCO2e (iii) |
2,578.81 tCO2e (iv) |
3,196.92 tCO2e(iv) |
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Scope 3 Carbon Emissions |
85,228.22 tCO2e (iii) |
120,027.95 tCO2e (iv) |
124,153.23 tCO2e(iv) |
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Total Carbon Emissions |
100,670.02 tCO2e (iii) |
131,699.06 tCO2e (iv) |
136,095.34 tCO2e(iv) |
i. Please note the figure for 2018/19 has been amended in November 2021 from that which originally published in the relevant year’s annual report on account of a different calculation methodology.
ii. In 2018/19 and 2019/20 this figure was calculated by Veolia with assumed weights of 52kg per bin. It includes all catering outlets on campus which have food waste bins, including our Chartwells outlets, IDS, Student Union and Sussex Innovation Centre. It also includes data from Chartwells about food waste going to aerobic digestion.
iii. The 2018/19 carbon figures represent our old baseline.
iv. The 2021/22 carbon figures were established as our new carbon emissions baseline following the adoption of the Standardised Carbon Emissions Framework produced by EAUC and DfE. This method was used to calculate our 2021/22 and 2022/23 carbon emissions. Therefore, these figures are not directly comparable to previous years due to changes in the methodology used. Find out more about the . This process is under review and will be revised in line with a new performance reporting structure in the 2024/25 academic year.
| Performance metrics (for EDI-related KPIs, refer to our EDI homepage) | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
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| Total University expenditure | £343,754,000 | £282,484,000 | £294,812,000 | £377,300,000 |
| University expenditure on arts and heritage (this includes spend at the Library, ACCA, listed buildings, the Keep, Brighton Pride and Brighton Festival) | £8,251,000 | £8,782,000 | £9,135,207 | £9,376,179 |
| Proportion of first-generation students | 26.2% | 25.6% | 24% | 24.7% |
| Proportion of low-income students receiving financial aid | 16% | 15.2% | 24.8% | 21.6% |
| Value of our  | £199,721 (354 students benefitted from this) |
£235,234 (321 students benefitted from this) |
£615,949
(679 students benefitted from this) |
£818,000 (758 students benefitted from this) |
| Scholarships to students from lower- and middle-income countries | 87 | 120 (v) | 129
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372 |
| Proportion of employees on secure contracts (vi) | 90.4% | 92.3% | 94.3% | 91.3% |
| Total research income | £38,000,000 | £36,947,183 | £38,885,000 | £37,634,000 |
| Research income from industry and commerce | £1,702,000 | £2,880,000 | £2,695,000 | £2,600,000 |
| Research income from industry and commerce by subject area: STEM | £1,583,000 | £ 2,412,000 | £2,094,000 | £2,029,000 |
| Research income from industry and commerce by subject area: Medicine | £131,000 | £393,000 | £323,000 | £390,000 |
| Research income from industry and commerce by subject area: Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences | £12,000 | £75,000 | £278,000 | £181,000 |
v. In 2019/20 the figure of 120 scholarships includes part time students so it is equivalent to 101 full time students.
vi. Our HR system only allows us to pull reports from a single point in time, therefore this figure only accounts for staff on secure contracts as of 31st of July 2021. Due to technical issues this report is unable to exclude contracts covering maternity or other staff leave, however we recognise that it is unlikely that such contracts would carry on for longer than two years. This figure only relates to fully contracted ÄûÃÊÊÓƵ employees.