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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

… their impact on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the wider benefits for Dudley. For more information about the goals visit https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Policy Background 6 | Dudley Council Climate Action Plan 2024-2027 There are many associated economic, social, and environmental benefits to reducing carbon emissions and adapting…

… for all council staff X Low - Medium People and Inclusion and Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change Undertake a carbon footprint analysis for the council to develop a carbon budget baseline to reach carbon net zero by 2030. X Enabling Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change Provide guidance on carbon reduction measures for council service areas to decarbonise their service…

… the supply chain. Dudley Council has worked with the Midlands Net Zero Hub to calculate the Council’s carbon footprint, which the Council will use as a baseline to report on our organisational emissions from 2024/25. Scope 32 reporting will be included once methodologies for measurement have been developed. This is because Scope 3 emissions are harder to measure as they are outside the council’s…

… baseline carbon footprint and undertake actions to reduce this footprint, including via carbon literacy training, the ‘greening’ of strategies and renewable technologies. Dudley Council cannot offset its way to net zero without first tackling energy consumption and actioning plans to reduce the Council’s carbon baseline before offsetting that which cannot be reduced eg hard to decarbonise sectors…

… like transport/HGVs. Council-wide interviews with officers in key service areas have underpinned the development of the actions in this plan, supporting the objective ‘Our climate commitment is creating a sustainable borough on its way to net zero carbon emissions, improved air quality, reduced fuel poverty and outstanding waste and recycling services’ set out in Forging a Future for All…