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Test Valley Borough Council

… neutrality, in the context of national legislation and policy New development will be planned in a way to reduce emissions and facilitate more sustainable living. Raise awareness of best practice examples within the Borough to share insight To help those living and working in the Borough understand the most effective ways to move towards carbon neutrality. Long Term Develop promotion scheme…

… emissions. Work with partners to deliver a business event to offer best practice, networking and promote access to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainable Business Partnership support for businesses. Lowering emissions from the business sector within the Borough. Specialist learning event for Parish and Town Councils and community organisations who have well developed local climate activities…

…. It requires the joint effort of all our communities and businesses to take steps to make Test Valley a greener borough for us all and to help sustain and improve the quality of life for our residents, now and into the future. Cllr Zilliah Brooks, Chair of OSCOM Cllr Alison Johnston, Environmental Portfolio Holder 3 The Committee on Climate Change2 (May 2019) highlighted that ‘a net-zero…

… working and enabling our communities to tackle the issues that are most important to them. This sets the context for working with our communities and partners to learn and share their ideas for tackling climate change. In addition, the Council’s Sustainability Framework (2017) set out a series of objectives the Council works towards in promoting sustainability. This includes using resources…

… biodiversity within the Borough. The Council manages a number of green spaces, including Nature Reserves. As part of the management of green spaces we have a tree planting programme to ensure we have a robust and sustainable tree stock. In order to understand our progress in reducing emissions, we have calculated our current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In reporting such emissions, one…