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Braintree District Council

… for the Council’s fleet of vehicles • Identify opportunities to reduce the impact of the Council’s impact on emissions Short Term (Med Term implementation) £ implementation ££££ High D Consider use of robust certified carbon credit schemes to offset any residual organisation emissions • Reduce Carbon Impact of organisation Long Term £ TBC P Energy Conservation 6 C L I M A T E C H A N G E…

… carbon footprint tools to businesses • Improvements identified and implemented by businesses to reduce carbon impact Ongoing TBC TBC S Provide support to businesses across the District on the development and implementation of green travel plans • Increase in number of businesses implementing a green travel plan • Reduction in CO2 emissions from travel Ongoing £ TBC S Introduce a Climate…

… and projects where the Council may be the catalyst or broker to enable and facilitate activity. Timescale Counci l Role Indicat ive Costs Potent ia l Carbon impact of Counci l Pro jects Short Term – 2021 to 2023 D - Deliver £ - Low - between £0 and £25,000 Low – less than 0.5% reduction in Councils own emissions Medium Term – 2021 to 2026 E – Enable and Facilitate ££ - Medium - between £25,000…

… programme for staff and members to increase their awareness on climate change and how they can reduce their own carbon emissions and contribute to those that can be achieved corporately • Increase awareness of climate change issues • Improved consideration of climate change issues across all services, projects and policies Short Term £ TBC D Install water butts in our cemeteries to capture…

… from non-renewable sources Short Term TBC TBC D Act ion Outcome Timescale Funding Carbon Impact Role Reduce energy use and improve energy ef f ic ient infrastructure Switch the Councils energy use to non-fossil fuel green energy tariffs • Reduction in CO2 emissions Short Term £ High D Explore opportunities to purchase batteries to store electricity/ energy to supply back to our…