Including the closely related terms low carbon, carbon, and low carbon.
… to ensure effective governance of the strategy and associated action plan, it was agreed that this committee would receive progress reports on the delivery of the action plan twice yearly. 3.4 Alongside the declaration of a climate emergency, the Council pledged to work towards the city becoming carbon neutral by 2030. 3.5 The Environmental Sustainability Strategy was written and approved…
… installation was completed at the end of September. 8. Environmental Sustainability Strategy Theme: Sustainable Economy 8.1 Measures to boost the low carbon economy in Worcester is being supported through the use of some of the Council’s Shared Prosperity Funding to offer green skills training, such as those needed for low carbon construction projects, including domestic retrofitting…
… £2 million of external funding. 5.5 Whilst these grant funded projects are of a great benefit and therefore have been prioritised, inevitably there is an impact on delivery of the action plan in terms of available staff resources. 6. Environmental Sustainability Strategy Theme: Carbon Neutral City Council Emissions from buildings 6.1 Many of the projects to deliver…
… for a provider to offer a salary sacrifice scheme to lease electric vehicles will be evaluated. 6.10 A proposal for Sustainability training has now been approved. A mandatory e- learning module will be undertaken by all staff who are assigned a laptop, with toolbox talks delivering sustainability training to those in other roles. Alongside this, a minimum of two carbon literacy training sessions…
… will be offered each year, with more specialist training targeted to specific job roles. Appropriate training will also be offered to Members. Outsourced emissions 6.11 Emissions from the outsourced leisure centres are now included within the Council’s figures. These emissions account for 33% of the Council’s carbon footprint. Perdiswell is the biggest contributor to this, as expected as the largest…