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Boston Borough Council

… activity data should be be collected throughout the reporting period for the carbon footprint calculation. • Emission factors are updated annually and published by the UK Government’s department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). • Where primary activity data is not available, appropriate benchmarks or proxies can be used to estimate emissions from that source. For example, typical…

…. • In their Net Zero Strategy (2021), the UK government has committed to half direct emissions from the public sector by 2032 (compared to 2017 levels) and aims to further reduce emissions from public sector buildings by 75% by 2037. They have also set a Net Zero 2050 target for the UK. Setting ambitious emissions reduction targets drives momentum for change, can spark innovation and investment…

… in order to decarbonise. • This section of the report therefore outlines a series of commitments that the Council should aim to align with going forward that will focus decarbonisation activities and also provide a layer of accountability. • The commitments have been developed based on UK Government ambitions, suggestions outlined within the committee on climate change’s update reports, and Carbon…

…-lindsey.gov.uk Heather Prescott Climate Change and Environment Officer Boston Borough Council Heather.Prescott@e-lindsey.gov.uk 1. Executive summary 2. Context and introduction 3. Carbon footprint 4. Target setting 5. Carbon reduction commitments 6. Carbon reduction opportunities Contents 7. Governance and engagement 8. Monitoring and reporting 9. Appendices Executive summary 4 Boston…

… on the findings of this Carbon Reduction Plan will help to ensure carbon reduction remains a key part of the Council’s agenda going forward, allowing the necessary budgets and organisational/governance structures to be developed accordingly to support decarbonisation. 10 Context and introduction 11 Boston Borough Council Carbon Reduction Plan Context 12 • Growing acknowledgement…