Carbon footprint of Thomas Dane Gallery (London and Naples), 2018/19
- As with Kate MacGarry Gallery (KMG), the three top sources of greenhouse gas were business flights, the air freight of artworks and building energy use, which together made up 94% of the footprint of the two TMG galleries.
- However, the split between these three elements was quite different for TDG compared with KMG. The biggest element for TDG was international art transport by air, not business flights – and energy use was a much smaller part of the footprint.
- Like KMG, a small number of flights made up a large proportion of the emissions. Just fifteen flights (to the US and China) made up 50% of the UK business flights footprint, while three large art shipments (one to Hong Kong and two to LA) made up over 40% of the international transport footprint.
- Packaging was, as with KMG, an unexpectedly small part of the footprint.
Detailed Breakdown |
London Gallery tCO2e |
Naples Gallery tCO2e |
Total tCO2e |
% 2018/19 Footprint |
International art transport - air |
132.9 |
8.2 |
141.0 |
55.0% |
Business travel - flights |
74.5 |
9.9 |
84.4 |
32.9% |
Electricity use |
9.8 |
6.0 |
15.8 |
6.2% |
International art transport - road |
3.5 |
0.8 |
4.3 |
1.7% |
UK art transport |
4.0 |
0 |
4.0 |
1.5% |
Other international freight - air |
2.8 |
0 |
2.8 |
1.1% |
Italy art transport |
0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
0.4% |
Business travel - car |
0.9 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
0.4% |
Business travel - rail/bus |
0.9 |
0.03 |
0.9 |
0.4% |
Paper and printing |
0.7 |
0 |
0.7 |
0.3% |
Packaging - plastic |
0.4 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.2% |
Gas use |
0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
<0.1% |
Other international freight - road |
0.01 |
0 |
0.01 |
<0.1% |
Packaging - card/paper |
0.01 |
0 |
0.01 |
<0.1% |
TOTAL |
230.3 |
26.2 |
256.5 |
100% |