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… making and procurement. We are therefore responsible for just over 1% of Torbay’s total carbon emissions. Whilst primarily focussing on the Council’s operations and services, this Carbon Neutral Council Action Plan also includes actions to be carried out by the TDA and SWISCo and where the Council can use its influence to help reduce carbon emissions across the wider Torbay. These influencing actions…

… covers actions where the Council can use its influence to reduce carbon emissions across Torbay. However, a more detailed Carbon Neutral Torbay Action Plan will be developed in 2022 by the Torbay Climate Partnership covering how partners (including the Council), businesses and communities will take action and collectively play their part in tackling the climate emergency locally…

…. Back to top Carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutral by 2030 We are responsible for emissions that arise from the operations and services within their direct control or where they have financial responsibility. In 2021 we started to calculate its direct and indirect carbon emissions, also known as a carbon footprint. It is made up of emissions that arise from a range of assets and activities…

… a carbon neutral Council by 2030 and we will establish a robust carbon baseline to measure progress against. We will also set some interim targets once the baseline is established. To become a carbon neutral Council by 2030 we will need to rapidly, over the next 8 years, reduce carbon emissions by as much as we possibly can. By 2030 we will need to offset any remaining emissions through credible local…

… will be covered later in this action plan. SWISCo and the TDA are also developing their own plans to reduce environmental impacts and reduce carbon emissions across their own operations. Back to top Highlights This action plan is the first of its kind for us. However, work to reduce our impact on the environment and to reduce carbon emissions have been ongoing…