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West Suffolk Council

… initiatives. Develop administrative process to collate and to monitor internal and external funding streams that benefit the local environment or reduces carbon emissions. This will make it easier to promote the work of the council. NEW ACTION: Green taxi fleet Review emission requirements as part of the wider evaluation of the taxi policy. Existing housing 3.1 By working with partners…

… retrofit: “Continue bids for funding from the Government and others to reduce emissions across all housing markets and to deliver improvements in energy efficiency particularly focusing on low-income households and vulnerable residents, working with partners across Suffolk.” The Housing Strategy is due to be agreed in September 2024. Housing improvement loans scheme. ONGOING: A scoping…

… resource. 5.3 Internal reporting. Create a central register for grants or financial awards for environmental works. ONGOING: In March 2024, the council set up a central folder tracking grants and financial awards for environmental works – this is mostly focused on climate change, carbon reduction. However, more needs to be done to incorporate environment and biodiversity, and this work…

… of the current contract end dates in 2028 and/or align with the current refurbishment project for Bury Leisure Centre. Develop a business case setting out cost, implications and carbon impact and what changes would be needed to the Net Zero Investment Fund to achieve this outcome. 5.6. Continued professional development of driving staff Consider using a driving efficiency metric within…

… of HGVs that could enable further fuel savings. Depending on the outcome this could be expanded to other vehicles/ parts of the fleet. Route optimisation is carried out regularly to ensure that routes are efficient and minimise carbon emissions. Continued professional development of driving staff. ONGOING: Driver CPC training is carried out annually. Training is mandatory for Vocational…