… meetings. Environmental Sustainability Officer Spring 2021 Autumn 2021 Ref. no Title Project / work package description Progress to date Impact Ownership Start date End date REPEAT ACTION ESS-4 Low emission commuting Further promote the Cycle to Work scheme. Introduce a scheme incentivising staff to travel by foot or bike with charitable…
… donations. Provide cycle storage and showering facilities at all workplaces. Assess the potential to introduce access to the Government’s salary sacrifice scheme for electric vehicles. Next steps: Offer bikeability training to all staff to increase confidence and take-up. Expand SHIFT scheme so councillors can join too. The Council has joined the SHIFT cycle scheme…
… – a donation is made to the Mayor’s charity for every business mile cycled by staff. Showers and secure bike storage facilities are now in place at the Guildhall, MAG, Astwood Cemetery and Sixways Depot. EV salary sacrifice scheme still under consideration. Calculated on the salary sacrifice scheme only: 5% of staff per year (10 staff), average 10k mileage per year, replacing average…
… Active Travel Through the Towns Investment Fund, deliver improvements to cycle parking, active travel routes and introduce a public bike hire scheme. £4.5m allocated. Scheme details and programmes agreed for active travel corridors and Kepax Bridge. Bike share procurement planned for Q1/2 2023/24. According to latest BEIS data, transport accounts for approximately 30…
… published in 2019, suggests there has been a 13% decline in the average abundance of wildlife in the UK since the 1970s. Environmental Sustainability Officer with Environmental Operations Spring 2021 Summer 2021 NEW ACTION 9 Nature trail Support the Worcester Environmental Group to launch Wild about Worcester 12-mile walking and cycling route. Up to £15,000 (already allocated…