Including the closely related term procurement practices.
… the environmental impact of procured contracts through procurement practices and guidance for suppliers • Utilise the staff training portal, staff conferences and staff communications to ensure staff awareness and knowledge of carbon reduction opportunities • Encourage staff to present their own carbon reduction ideas • Ensure that all future or reviewed City Council plans are aligned to this strategy…
… will: • Seek to procure zero emission vehicles where possible for all Council fleet vehicles when they need replacing (recognising that the availability of suitable vehicles restricts immediate action in this area) • Seek funding for adoption and trial of zero emission vehicles, as with the existing trials of electric bin lorries in Westminster and Sheffield • Encourage the further use of the ‘Woo…
…’ electric bikes for business travel • Procure one or more electric vehicles to be used as pool cars • Encourage staff to avoid travel where possible, using video conferencing facilities instead. Also post- Covid, staff can continue to work flexibly and from home or other locations at least some of the time, reducing the need to travel into the office • Adopt a salary sacrifice scheme to enable…
… in the County ‘Warmer Worcestershire’ partnership • Procured energy advice agency ‘Act on Energy’ to provide energy support and access to funding for Worcester residents • Partnered with the University of Worcester and others on the ‘Energize Worcester’ project • With the County Council taken part in a 'Staying Warm, Staying Healthy', project, funding heating systems where existing systems are broken…