Count Your Carbon

The Department for Education (DfE) has set an ambitious target to halve the ten million tonnes of CO₂e emitted by schools annually by 2032 by asking them to appoint a Sustainability Lead and develop a Climate Action Plan. But carbon calculation and reduction are complicated and schools are not experts. Plus, existing calculators are often complex, costly, limited in scope or have not designed for educational settings.

That is why Keep Britain Tidy created Count Your Carbon: the first free, full-scope carbon calculator, based on the Global GHG Protocol, specifically designed for educational settings. This simple, user-friendly school carbon calculator helps Sustainability Leads write the carbon aspects of their Climate Action Plan and work towards achieving the DfE's 50% reduction target.

Since March 2024, more than 2,400 settings have registered. Of these, more than 1,700 have completed their first carbon calculation, another 700 are in the process of completing their first calculation, and between 100-200 new settings are registering every month.