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East Devon District Council

….  Greendale Depot and workshop – electricity usage information requested.  Other contractors/partners – Liberty Gas; Norse cleaning; etc. The areas where we should concentrate our early efforts to reduce our carbon footprint is the improvement in our procurement processes, including reducing consumption of purchased products and services, reducing reliance on fossil fuels for heating our…

… vehicles. Purchasing, Supply and Consumption • Enable people to make sustainable purchasing choices; • Support and encourage local purchasing and the development of local supply chains; • Promote and encourage new business models focused around the ‘circular economy’; • Develop standards and the commitment to sustainable procurement in both the public and private sectors…

… Planning, Economic Development, Transport Planning, Social Care, Libraries and Trading Standards all of which can play a role in area-wide climate change mitigation and adaptation. For districts this includes more energy efficient buildings and assets; changes to our vehicle fleet and travel arrangements; changes to procurement and contract management; WorkSmart and agile working; smarter…

… procurement; embracing reduce/reuse/recycling; improved flood and coastal protection; planning; regeneration; community development; educating/enabling our communities to be more greenhouse gas emissions aware. Local Context and Actions East Devon District Council Carbon Footprint Consistent with the commitment in the Devon Climate Change Declaration we have plotted our carbon…

… with details of inclusions and exclusions are set out in a Greenhouse Gas Inventory 2018/19 report in annex 1. This provides part of the audit trail and baseline data for future years comparisons. As might be expected our energy use in buildings and our procurement, travel and transport account for the major part of our carbon footprint. Our council housing stock accounts for a high proportion…