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Ashfield District Council

… a need to reduce the net carbon cost of the Council’s land and property assets. This can be done through rationalisation, third party rental/income generation and operating efficiencies. The carbon emissions of any investment need to be considered from the outset. OPPORTUNITIES ▪ Undertake a detailed analysis of current investment emissions and research potential low carbon investments in order…

… (Scope 1-2) emissions by 2030, and work to minimise scope 3 emissions (outside the Council’s direct control) by 2050. ▪ Work to influence and assist the wider community emissions to reduce Ashfield’s overall carbon footprint, whereby District wide emissions need to reduce significantly year on year from 2022 to 2050 in order to keep emissions below the carbon budget (the maximum carbon…

… in the area, which can be achieved through: ▪ Establishing and understanding current emissions (carbon baseline) ▪ Setting carbon reduction targets ▪ Setting out key actions to reduce carbon emissions (Carbon Management Plan) ▪ Gathering and maintaining high quality emissions data and monitoring improvements over time ▪ Supporting decarbonisation of the District The Strategy will be reviewed…

… investment in improving the thermal efficiency and carbon footprint of its domestic stock, it will be reliant on significant Government funding to achieve this. Currently the Council has a number of initiatives to reduce carbon emissions of the housing stock across all tenures, including bidding for Central Government funding streams as and when they arise and carrying out subsequent projects/works…

… CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY 2021-2026 2 CONTENTS GLOSSARY Foreword Page 3 1. Introduction Pages 4-9 1.1 Background Page 4 1.2 The Purpose of the Climate Change Strategy Page 5 1.3 Policy Context Page 6 1.4 Ashfield District Council’s Emissions Page 6 1.5 Ashfield District Council’s Carbon Footprint Page 7 1.5.1 Area Wide (District) Emissions Page 8 1.6 Roadmap for reducing Carbon…