Including 4 closely related terms such as reduce, reduce carbon, and reduce carbon.
… the carbon footprint of our services. The grounds maintenance contract has seen new electric vehicles and power tools used for the first time on this service. The proposed new waste and street cleaning contract will reduce carbon emissions by re-routing rounds to reduce fuel use by 10-15%, using cleaner more fuel-efficient Euro VI diesel vehicles with an electric lift for the bins and use of EVs…
… Recommendations 1. Members to discuss the progress and refer to Council on 31 January 2024. 2. To approve the reallocation of £11,000 Improvement and Resilience funds towards the Carbon Footprint recalculation project to provide the evidence for revising the Action Plan. 1 Purpose of Report and Executive Summary 1.1 On 26 June 2019 the Council declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency setting…
… ourselves challenging targets to achieve net zero carbon for the council by 2025 and net zero carbon across the Borough by 2030. 1.2 Part of the declaration requires an annual progress report to be taken to Council in January each year. 1.3 This is the fifth annual report covering the activities undertaken towards achieving our targets during 2023. 1.4 It is very positive to be able…
…. 2.2 One of the first things the newly elected council did after the May 2019 local elections was to develop a Climate and Ecological Emergency declaration motion which was passed unanimously on 26th June 2019. 2.3 Swale has set some of the most ambitious targets nationally to achieve net zero carbon by 2025 as an organisation and by 2030 as a Borough. 2.4 Our policies and strategies…
… are being reviewed and changes are being made as necessary to achieve net zero carbon across the Borough by 2030. A Climate and Ecological Action Plan was developed, as required by the declaration, and was adopted on Earth Day, 22nd April 2020. 2.5 The full Annual Report can be found at Appendix I. Progress highlights 2.6 A steering group of councillors and officers meets…