Including the closely related terms low carbon, carbon, and low carbon.
…; Industry, including retailers & small businesses • Farming & Food Production • Charities, Faith & Community Groups (including Voluntary Sector) • Health & leisure • Education • Individuals • Housing providers • Our supply chain – ensuring that the procurement of goods and services has a stronger focus on sustainability and carbon reduction https…
… Page 9 Focus Area 1 – Travel & Transport What we want to achieve • Rationalise our fleet and switch to low carbon fuels, with a move to electric wherever possible as vehicles reach their end of life and need replacement • Create a policy for staff travel, encouraging low-carbon options such as public transport, cycling, walking and eco-driving where driving is necessary…
… to low carbon fuels, with a move to electric wherever possible as vehicles reach their end of life and need replacement We’re switching to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in fleet vehicles where possible. This is expected to achieve a 95% reduction in CO2 (as well as reducing other air pollutants). We’re looking into the practicality of electric refuse collection vehicles however…
… by looking at which vehicles get the lowest use and if working patterns can be adapted to enable the sharing of vehicles. Unfortunately it will be necessary to expand our refuse collection vehicle fleet to enable us to cope with expected housing growth. Create a policy for staff travel, encouraging low-carbon options such as public transport, cycling and walking We already encourage our staff…
… Rationalise our entire building estate We’ll review all our buildings and decide if they’re still fit for purpose and utilised efficiently. We are currently working on consolidating our office space, particularly as a result of hybrid working and we will continue to do this. Rationalising our buildings will ensure that we are operating in the most carbon-efficient way and not powering and heating…