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Torridge District Council

… leisure facilities, to our hostel and homeless accommodation, to the council offices and buildings themselves. The heating and lighting of these buildings fall under both scope 1 and 2 emissions (as explained below) Operational vehicles - particularly in our waste collection service which provides the majority of our transport carbon usage. However, business mileage is also accrued over…

… sustainably, to cut costs and increase competitiveness by reducing their energy, water and resource use. Promoting and supporting the circular economy. • Saving money for the council and local people by ensuring that local homes, businesses and public buildings use energy and other resources efficiently. • Helping the most vulnerable at risk from fuel poverty and the impacts of extreme weather…

… • By 2030 Torridge District Council operations will be clean, efficient and net carbon neutral, leading by example in our community and to our residents and businesses. • We will play a wider role enabling, encouraging and supporting the wider District of Torridge to achieve net-zero ambitions. • We will work with our partners including Devon County Council, North Devon Biosphere…

… with overseeing, supporting and lobbying for sustainability and climate change to be at the forefront of Council operations and policy, responding effectively to need and maximise the influence of TDC as widely as possible in our communities. We have developed a Member Climate Emergency Group who are meeting regularly to feed into projects and provide a sounding board and feedback on actions…

… active travel options across the district which includes membership from local Town Councils, Active Devon, Devon County and North Devon Councils, and a local Cycling campaign group. TDC’s Carbon Footprint It is clear that in order to meet our stated target of carbon neutrality we must measure our carbon impacts and usage accurately and regularly and use this as a basis for determining…