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Ipswich Borough Council

… suppliers a) Improve procurement processes to ensure that suppliers support carbon neutral ambitions. b) Include an agreed sustainability/ environmental statement within tender documents, which will be provided to suppliers to ensure they prioritise sustainability within their proposals. Work to agree percentage weighting of supplier environmental performance in our selection process c…

… a communications campaign and additional training. Through procurement and partnership this responsibility will be extended to suppliers and partners engaged in activities with the Council. 3. Effective Governance of decisions It will be critical that decisions are made with a high degree of certainty over the full consequences, preventive action will need to be taken in areas where they may be some…

… continue to improve fleet efficiency by:- • Reviewing our approach to procuring vehicles. Currently the most appropriate powered fuel source for all new cars and car derived vans is electrically powered and larger vehicles such as panel vans, tippers and LGVs are Euro VI Diesel • Ensuring our vehicle fleet is maintained to a high standard • Encourage staff to adopt sustainable transport…

… equipment results in a measurable reduction in the Council’s carbon footprint • Ensure the priority is procuring zero emission machinery wherever possible. Group Four: Working Practices and Behaviours We need our staff to start to think of behaviours related to Climate Change as less of an environmental issue and more of an organisational change that we need to examine and tackle as we…

… in the shorter term. All projects need to clearly set out in the business case, that the project recognises the need for urgent action on the climate emergency both in mitigation and in adaptation of services to avoid much higher costs in the longer term. A whole life cost assessment will need to be made for decisions, particularly around procurement to ensure that future savings are factored…