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About this document................................................................................................................ 4  \n1.1 Purpose of this document ................................................................................................ 4  \n1.2 Roles & Responsibilities .................................................................................................. 4  \n2. About sustainability reporting .................................................................................................. 5  \n2.1 What is sustainability reporting? ...................................................................................... 5  \n2.2 Why is sustainability reporting important?........................................................................ 5  \n2.3 Who benefits from sustainability reporting? ..................................................................... 5  \n3. Reporting ................................................................................................................................ 6  \n3.1 Format ............................................................................................................................. 6  \n3.2 Reporting Period.............................................................................................................. 6  \n3.3 Reporting Boundary......................................................................................................... 6  \n3.4 Principles for effective disclosure..................................................................................... 7  \n3.5 Omissions, caveats and errors ........................................................................................ 7  \n3.6 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 8  \n3.7 Data validation................................................................................................................. 8  \n3.8 Comparison to other reporting policies in NI .................................................................... 9  \n4. Mandatory disclosures .......................................................................................................... 11  \n4.1 Governance statement .................................................................................................. 11  \n4.2 Risk statement (mandatory for 2026-27) ........................................................................ 12  \n4.3 Targets and baseline (mandatory for 2027-2028) .......................................................... 13  \n4.3.1 Strategy Disclosures .............................................................................................. 13  \n4.3.2 Metrics and Targets ............................................................................................... 13  \n4.4 Emissions Scope 1 (Fuel burned) and 2 (Purchased electricity) .................................... 14  \n4.4.1 Reporting requirements ......................................................................................... 14  \n4.4.2 Reporting boundaries............................................................................................. 14  \n4.4.3 Calculating emissions ............................................................................................ 15  \n4.5 Emissions Scope 1 – Fuel burned from department owned transport ............................ 17  \n4.6 Emissions Scope 3 – business travel (via transport not owned by department) ............. 18  \n4.6.1 Business travel using staff owned transport ........................................................... 18  \n4.6.2 Business travel using public transport that is claimed back .................................... 18  \n4.6.3 Business travel that is booked via Travel Desk or equivalent ................................. 19  \n4.7 Paper printed ..","cbCaibVvqt6xLxIT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibVvqt6xLxIT","pdf",1376630,45,"English","# About this document\n## Purpose of this document\n## Roles & Responsibilities\n# About sustainability reporting\n## What is sustainability reporting?\n## Why is sustainability reporting important?\n## Who benefits from sustainability reporting?\n# Reporting\n## Format\n## Reporting Period\n## Reporting Boundary\n## Principles for effective disclosure\n## Omissions, caveats and errors\n## Scope\n## Data validation\n## Comparison to other reporting policies in NI\n# Mandatory disclosures\n## Governance statement\n## Risk statement\n## Targets and baseline\n## Emissions Scope 1 and 2\n## Emissions Scope 1: department owned transport\n## Emissions Scope 3: business travel\n## Paper printed\n## Responsible disposal of ICT waste\n## Sustainable procurement\n## Single use plastics\n# Optional disclosures\n## Recycled waste\n## Water consumption\n## Department’s own fleet\n## Nature recovery and biodiversity action planning\n## Climate change adaptation\n## Sustainable construction\n## Reducing environmental impacts from ICT and Digital\n# Appendix I: Examples of governance statements","[{\"question\":\"What are the key sections required for NICS sustainability reporting in 2025–26?\",\"answer\":\"The document sets out reporting requirements, including required disclosures such as governance, emissions across scopes (1 and 2, plus scope 3 business travel), paper printed, responsible ICT waste disposal, sustainable procurement, and single-use plastics.\"},{\"question\":\"How are emissions Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting responsibilities structured?\",\"answer\":\"It specifies reporting requirements and reporting boundaries for Scope 1 (fuel burned) and Scope 2 (purchased electricity), and includes instructions for calculating emissions.\"},{\"question\":\"Which items are optional for departments to disclose beyond mandatory content?\",\"answer\":\"Optional disclosures include recycled waste, water consumption, the department’s own fleet, nature recovery and biodiversity action planning, climate change adaptation, sustainable construction, and reducing environmental impacts from ICT and digital.\"}]","Sustainability Reporting Guidance and Template for NICS Departments 2025-26 | PDF",1789265804]