Including 7 closely related terms such as achieve carbon, carbon reductions, and carbon reduction.
… carbon reduction plans in place. Our priority will be putting in place plans for each of our key procurement categories on how to achieve carbon reduction in our supply chain while maintaining a healthy and competitive supplier market. Focus area 3: County-wide emissions This focus area steps back to address the bigger picture of how the council can support county-wide carbon reduction. The UK’s…
… it as appropriate for local authorities to set sectoral carbon budgets for their areas2. We aim to take a pragmatic approach to supporting carbon reduction county-wide by prioritising the areas where we have the greatest opportunity to make positive change. This focus area covers the following thematic areas: • Transport • Building and planning • Commercial and industrial sector • Energy • Digital…
… 06 not adding to the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This is achieved through reducing emissions as much as possible and balancing out any that remain through offsetting methods, such as tree planting or carbon capture and storage technology. That same year, here at Norfolk County Council we made an ambitious commitment to lead by example locally on climate action through our…
… climate change serves to support the council’s overarching strategic priorities set out in Better Together, for Norfolk. While some impacts are now unavoidable, taking action now to cut carbon emissions can contribute to ensuring the extent climate change affects us 1 Data and projections in this section are from: Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk - Climate Change Committee (theccc.org.uk…
… of Norfolk’s total carbon footprint. Over three-quarters of this relates to the £900 million the council spends each year on works, goods and services. Therefore, procurement is a key lever for achieving large carbon reductions through influencing our supply chain. We are already taking steps towards using our procurement to bring about carbon reductions, such as requiring our major suppliers to have…