Including 9 closely related terms such as management, manage, and carbon reduction.
… to the ISO 14001 standard; • 2012: LCC signed up to Climate Local, an Environment Agency supported initiative; • 2014: The Council approved the Carbon Reduction Strategy and Implementation Plan focusing on reducing carbon emissions in the County; • 2018: LCC signed up to UK 100 Pledge; and • 2019: LCC declared a climate emergency and commited to achieve carbon neutrality for its own…
… a longstanding commitment to the environment. This includes: • 2006: LCC signed up to the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change; • 2008: LCC was accepted into the Carbon Trust’s Local Authorities Carbon Management Programme; • 2009: The first comprehensive Council-wide Environment Strategy and Action Plan was approved; • 2011: LCC established a robust Environmental Management System working…
… and the timeframes used for the UK Government’s carbon budgets. It will allow the Strategy to respond to changes in environmental policies and the wider context and circumstances in which it operates, coupled with a more agile Action Plan. “Leicestershire County Council will minimise the environmental impact of its activities and will improve the wider environment through local action. We will play…
… and this will take further discussion, analysis and agreement to accomplish. Achievement of these targets is supported by a prioritised Action Plan. In addition, to support the work to achieve carbon neutrality for the Council’s own operations and for Leicestershire, a Carbon Reduction Roadmap will be produced setting out the key workstreams for achieving these targets. We will also establish a suite…
… of supporting targets where appropriate. These will be set out within the Action Plan. Where possible, when setting the targets, a baseline of our performance as at 2016-17 has been established. As a minimum we aim to reduce the county’s GHG emissions in line with the UK Government’s carbon budgets, as vital steps towards supporting the government’s long-term target of net zero GHG emissions…