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Rushmoor Borough Council

… reduce the Council’s carbon footprint between 2023 and 2026. This will be reviewed and updated annually in light of the updated Council carbon footprint and an annual report detailing progress against actions will be published. 2. Approach to date 2.1 The current climate change action plan was comprised of 90 actions. This was a rolling plan, with a view that it would be updated…

…, almost two-thirds have been progressed. Key Achievements against the current climate change action plan include: • A separate weekly food waste collection service was successfully rolled out across the borough. • A grant was given to Winchester Science Centre to develop and deliver a programme (Eco-schools) to two schools within the borough in 2022. This was based around a repeat…

… acted as the Chair of the Climate Change Working Group. The Climate Change Working Group was established in November 2020 to “guide the development and detail of the implementation plan” and has provided advice and guidance on the development of the Council’s carbon footprint. Further policy and project matters will be presented to the Policy and Projects Advisory Board (PPAB) and progress…

…. There will be a meeting with the previous members of the climate change working group in the coming months to enable for a transition of these arrangements. 3. Calculating the Council’s carbon footprint 3.1 The carbon footprint is comprised of three scopes and includes both direct and indirect emissions. The data that each scope encompasses within Rushmoor Borough Council’s carbon footprint is shown…

… Page 8 © Carbon Footprint Ltd 2023 Commercial in Confidence Issue 1.0 03 June 2023 1.3. Summary of Target Setting Recommendations In summary we recommend Rushmoor Borough Council set the following targets: - Offset the calculated footprint by supporting climate change solutions around the world to become a ‘Carbon Neutral Organisation’. Carbon offsetting is the only way to account…