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Warrington Borough Council

… to invest in natural carbon stores and emission reduction schemes Update our woodland restoration and management plan to outline how we will manage our existing tree stock going forward Outcome Clarity on approach to enable use of appropriate offsets for residual emissions. Identification of local opportunities and potential to reduce emissions through natural stores and emission…

…. Other emissions arise from waste, industrial processes and agriculture, forestry and other land uses. The total footprint estimated for the borough in 2019 was 1,979,088 tonnes CO2e. Our operational emissions are a tiny fraction of this but we do have some influence over these wider emissions too. Carbon emissions breakdown 2021/22 Outsourced Scope 3 2% Staff Business Travel 3% Transmission…

…. In addition to our vehicle fleet, we outsource our highways maintenance services to an external provider who operate a fleet on our behalf. This fleet accounted for around 2% of our total emissions footprint (125.24 tonnes CO2e in 2021/22). Recent work and challenges Most diesel vehicles in our fleet have newer engines for improved econo- my and emissions. However, there is a long way to go to change…

…, monitoring and reporting To help stay on track we aim to report our greenhouse gas emissions annually so they can be compared with our carbon budget. To make a start we provided initial data for our carbon budget with this year’s financial budget report. We need to improve the way in which we record and share data to ensure we get the information together on time. We also need to improve data…

… collection in areas where we have limited or no information. Our planned actions Action Report our carbon budget alongside our financial budget Establish a system to record and gather relevant information to facilitate production of annual emission reports Improve data collection relating to our indirect ‘scope 3’ activities Outcome Consideration of climate implications of council…