Including the closely related term sustainability.
… - developed by the independent Warrington Climate Emergency Commission - is for residents, organisations, and partners to develop climate action plans for themselves at home, at work and in the community. “We have responded to this call and urge others to do so too. We can’t solve the crisis alone, but it is vital we all play our part.” Cllr Janet Henshaw Cabinet member sustainability and climate…
… Strategy. We urge you to heed this call too. By taking action we can bring many benefits to our communities and help make Warrington a healthy, thriving, greener, resilient and sustainable borough. The current position In 2019, when we declared a climate emergency, our greenhouse pollution or ‘carbon footprint’ was 6,556 tonnes CO2e. Our use of heat, power and transport account for the lion’s…
… reduce the need to travel. We aim to make the most efficient use of staff time to limit distance travelled, for example, utilising a rostering system to improve use of carers time. Business mileage data does not always differentiate between the type of vehicle and fuel used. Our planned actions Action Improve messaging to staff and visitors on sustainable travel options Explore potential…
… for electric pool cars/ utilising ‘car club’ electric cars for council business Promote use of e-bikes Expand the provision of pool bikes to other sites Continue to offer flexible working Establish a staff car sharing database Improve means of gathering business travel data Review our ‘essential car user’ policy Outcome Higher uptake of sustainable travel options Increase use of lower…
… over our supply chain. We know there is a need to engage more closely with our supply chain to limit our impact. We know they will need support to help translate our climate concerns into contract specifications. Our planned actions Action Review and update contract standard terms Set a new sustainable procurement policy Develop programme to decarbonise our contract register and work…