Including the closely related terms procurement policy, procurement process, and sustainable procurement.
…, generating renewable energy and supporting staff to work in more energy efficient ways, including travelling less. The emissions produced by the businesses we buy goods and services from must also be reduced, and we will be exploring as a priority how contracts with our suppliers can be varied if necessary and how we can shift to more sustainable procurement. NNDC has already taken many actions…
… from travel, employee commuting, leased assets, waste arising from operations and investments. The organisation has little control over these emissions, unlike Scope 1 and 2, save as part of the procurement process. Scope 3 can often be the largest contributor to an organisation’s carbon footprint. In the absence of actual data, benchmarking can be carried out to give estimated figures…
… for Council vehicle fleet for six years beyond this plan Implement green procurement policy Identify priority options and plan for water saving measures Create centralised hub of information, including profiles for all Council-owned buildings Identify funding sources Tender for design of zero-carbon leisure centre. Secure innovation or grant funding for conversion Heat assessment…
… 2.1 Council operations 10 2.2 Supporting Net Zero across North Norfolk 15 3. Governance and process 18 3.1 Governance 18 3.2 Data management 18 3.3 Reporting 19 3.4 Engagement 19 3.5 Accountability 19 4 NNDC’s emissions and priority focus areas 20 4.1 Electricity procurement 22 4.2 Gas 23 4.3 Our transport vehicles 24 4.4 Business travel 25…
… and scope, 2020/21 Scope 1 (1.6%) Scope 2 (2.4%) Scope 3 (96%) 96% 60% 35.1% 0.01% 0.15% 2.40% 0.99% 0.64% 0.49% 1.6% 2.4% Electricity procurement (2.40%) Gas consumption (0.99%) Our transport vehicles (0.64%) Business travel (0.49%) Leased buildings (35.21%) Waste (0.01%) Water (0.15%) Council contracts (60%) 12 2.1.2 Management and mitigation Establishing the emissions baseline…