Corporate GHG Emissions include utilities used at City-owned facilities that deliver Traditional Services. They also include emissions from fleet vehicles.

The Local Government Climate Action Program defines Traditional Services.

Corporate emissions also include emissions from contractor's vehicles while providing services to the City.

Nanaimo continues to target emission reduction through asset renewals, fuel switching, and other initiatives. There is more work to do as Nanaimo balances finite emission targets with population growth and levels of service.

Since 2009, Nanaimo has avoided more than $11 million of utility costs. Utility cost avoidance is the calculated energy savings after undertaking an energy reduction project. It is a cumulative number as each year the utility costs are avoided, the savings increase. For example, the 2023 value represents the sum of cumulative avoided cost each year between 2009 and 2023.  These “booked savings” do not reflect actual money saved on utilities primarily because it is difficult to account for increases in service level over the same period.