Including 20 closely related terms such as scope emissions, associated emissions, and carbon emissions.
… Partnership Boards, regional neighbours, communities, and business is essential to joining up benefits and tackling all Indirect Emissions (inside and outside of the Council’s control). 3.5 All public bodies need to address becoming Carbon Neutral by 2030, based on tackling the different scope emissions shown in Figure 1 below. Our public partners are setting their carbon footprints, monitoring…
… and seeking to address the same concerns. Businesses are also identifying their corporate and social responsibilities to address climate change action to reduce their impact and improve social well- being. A collaborative approach across sectors is, therefore both desirable and practical. Figure 1 Scope for Public Sector Emissions Reduction (Low Carbon Wales Prosperity for All Welsh Government, 2019…
… areas of focus for 2030. Highlights to date include, significant investment in active travel routes within the Borough and the conversion of all street lighting in BCBC to LED’s resulting in reducing associated emissions by upto 70% overall. Table 1: Examples of Progress within BCBC under the four areas of focus Project Emissions Users Corporate Landlord Energy Efficiency Programme ReFIT…
… direct renewable power opportunities, changing fleet and buying better overall. These aspects are in the control of the Council to influence and change. 3.3 Carbon emissions are measurable on what the Council own and buy for communities, for example: how energy is purchased and used, buildings heated and powered, transport contracts or fleet purchased. Data collection needs improving to fully…
… Current situation/proposal Understanding our Carbon Footprint 4.1 To propose areas of priority and focus resources, BCBC requires a carbon audit to fully understand the carbon footprint relating to each in-scope emission category, as shown in figure 1 above. A Carbon Audit will need to be completed of all areas; this will identify key areas of focus and targets for change. For example, other…