… is that of paying to plant some trees to absorb the same amount of carbon that has been emitted due to taking a flight to get to a holiday destination. 7.2 The Council’s Approach The council has committed to offsetting 100% of its residual emissions in 2030/31 to achieve net-zero carbon. I.e. in 2030/31 the council will offset about 12,500 tCO2e, reflecting a 70% reduction from 2012/13 levels…
… as the UK Committee on Climate Change is clear that meeting net-zero targets will have a net-cost of between 1 and 2% of the country’s gross domestic product. These figures are each translated into a score on a three-point scale to show the relative merit of each initiative. A further score is added for viability – an indication of how challenging the initiative will be to implement. On the three-point…
… carbon reduction in evaluation criteria All new invitations to tender need to include as part of the evaluation criteria the requirement for the bidders to explain how they will minimise the carbon emissions arising from the operation of the contract in line with net-zero by 2030/31 aspirations. To assist with the implementation of this approach the Procurement Category Managers will put in place Low…
… Performance Board. 13. The Finance Plan This section provides the financial details for the projects that are required to be implemented to reduce the council’s carbon footprint (the corporate and supply chain carbon footprints) to net-zero by 2030. It breaks down the revenue and capital funding that is required, and indicates the revenue savings that are available from reduced energy consumption…