Including 6 closely related terms such as carbon emissions, emissions, and emission.
… landscape. Two key long-term targets were identified: ▪ Making Dorset Council carbon neutral by 2040 (operational) Carbon emissions from our own operations only account for approximately 1.5% of Dorset’s wider footprint, but the council has direct control over these emissions, and it is critical that Dorset Council shows leadership in this area. This has therefore been a key focus of our…
… reported that we had reduced the council carbon emissions by 17%, an excellent step towards out interim target of 40% reduction by 2025. Work continues to gather pace and become more embedded in our activities, helping to reduce our travel, energy use in buildings, street lighting and the embedded carbon in our highway’s construction projects. In the past year a major area of focus has been…
… has been particularly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and other national issues and a programme of work to explore opportunities for carbon reduction in this area is still evolving. There is no update for this report in this area of our operational carbon emissions, but future reports will include further details. R e n e w a b le E n e rg y D o rs e t tr a v e l…
… Page | 7 Next Steps Identify and develop opportunities to reduce carbon emissions through transport covered by Dorset Travel activities. Improve infrastructure to support use of electric vehicle (EV) fleet and pool cars • Capital allocated to support expansion of the EV charging infrastructure at council sites • 2 sites upgraded with new and additional chargers to date, further…
… travel arrangements, working from home and active travel • Continue to develop incentives and facilities to support and encourage staff to utilise public transport and shift to active travel patterns • Continue to improve systems for monitoring and managing business travel • Increase opportunities for expansion and greater utilisation of the electric pool fleet Reducing carbon emissions…