Including the closely related terms development, and develop.
… Waste Recycling Service was implemented in 2020 and has achieved an 2% increase by tonnage in recycling whereas all other North Yorkshire collection authorities experienced an average reduction of 0.2%. Our new Local Plan is making excellent progress since we started this work in late 2019 and has put sustainable development at the heart of its approach, with a focus on mitigating and adapting…
… to reduce our scope 3 CO2 emissions through sustainable procurement and offsetting. · Workstream 5: Natural Environment and Biodiversity - Protect and improve the quality of the natural environment and biodiversity across the district including addressing flood risk and planning for sustainable development through the new Local Plan. · Workstream 6: Influencing Others in the District - Work…
… and increasing biodiversity will not only help combat climate change but also build resilience, improve people health and wellbeing, and create an environment we all want to enjoy. [15: UN Report: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’ – United Nations Sustainable Development] [16: Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (parliament.uk)] We also need to ensure…
… by 2023 but also looking ahead to what is needed to achieve carbon neutral by 2030. The Low Carbon Working Group have been asked to review their good work to date on a Low Carbon Action Plan to identify those measures that can be implemented within these timescales. We want our operations and services to work in a sustainable way and reduce our costs in the long term. We will work towards this through…
… the following steps: · Monitor, calculate, and report our annual scope 1, 2 & 3 carbon emissions · Reduce our scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions to zero through improved energy efficiency of our built environment, divestment from fossil fuel energy sources, and offset of unavoidable emissions · Reduce our scope 3 CO2 emissions through sustainable procurement · Encourage sustainable modes of transport…