Decision

RESOLVED

1. 1.       That Cabinet approves the draft Corporate Carbon Performance Monitoring report 2021-22 (Appendix 1) for publication;
2. 2.       That Cabinet supports:

i.        Efforts to widen understanding and ownership of the need for urgent climate action and carbon reduction through training and the identification of a staff ‘climate change’ champion in each service.

ii.       An Officer report being prepared to explore how the Council’s procurement policies can be updated to help accurately quantify and help suppliers to reduce indirect carbon emissions, which now account for around 93% of the Council’s corporate carbon footprint.

iii.     Work to prepare a corporate ‘Climate Change Adaptation’ strategy during 2023 to identify key climate risks, their potential impact on the delivery of council services, staff and service users and to set out actions and measures to moderate these risks.