Decision details

To note the progress made through the Environmental Sustainability Action Plan (ESAP) to date and to consider a revised ESAP including new actions and new targets for reducing carbon emissions across Council operations.

There has been significant progress made on the ESAP since its inception in 2009, notably an 11% reduction in carbon emissions across Council operations between March 2009 and March 2011 against a target of 10%.  However, the ESAP has been revised in light of comments received from the March 2012 Strategic Planning & Environment Panel.  The new format focuses on "priority actions" that the Council are currently working on, whilst also providing an update on "ongoing actions".  There is also a new section on "actions for Welborne" to reflect the importance of the new community in relation to overall growth in the Borough.  It is proposed that he ESAP also sets a new target for reducing carbon emissions across Council operations of 20% by 2020 against a baseline from 2012.

That the Executive agrees the actions and targets in the revised Environmental Sustainability Action Plan (shown in full in Appendix A to the report) and note the achievements and completed actions since the ESAP’s inception in 2010.