Decision

(Report of Chief Executive)
 
Member approval was sought for the publication
of the Climate Change Action Plan Year 5 Progress Report; the
Climate Change Action Plan Year 6 2025/26; and the Carbon Audit
2024/25 (attached as Annexes 1, 2 and 3 respectively).
 
The report summarised progress to date, the
new action plan and trends in emissions from the Borough
Council’s estate and operations.  The progress made against the Climate Change Action
Plan across all areas in 2024/25 was good, with most actions either
fully complete or ongoing due to the continuous nature of the
work.  The most significant sources of
emissions across the TMBC estate and operations remained leisure
facilities and refuse collection vehicles.  Addressing these would make the largest impact
towards the 2030 carbon neutral aspiration.
 
In the next year, the Council would continue
to invest in renewable and low carbon technologies, part funded by
grants awarded to the Council, to tackle emissions from leisure
facilities.  Furthermore, the new waste
contract would offer an opportunity to take steps to reduce
emissions from refuse collection vehicles. 
 
Following consideration by the Communities and
Environment Scrutiny Select Committee, the Cabinet Member for
Housing, Environment and Economy
 
RESOLVED: That
 
(1)     
the Climate Change Action Plan Year 5 Progress Report (attached at
Annex 1), be endorsed;
 
(2)     
the Climate Change Action Plan Year 6 2025/26 (attached at Annex
2), be approved; and

 
(3)     
the Carbon Audit 2024/25 (attached at Annex 3), be approved.