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Meeting: 24/10/2024 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 297)

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Purpose

To provide an update on actions following the Audit Position Statement on Climate Change in 2023.

 

Recommendation

That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:

1.    Note the actions to-date and the ongoing activity to further embed Climate action across all the Councils activities.

 

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Minutes:

The purpose of the report was to provide an update on actions following the Audit Position Statement on Climate Change in 2023.

 

The Chair introduced the item, explaining that the item was referred to the Committee after an internal audit reported an internal staff survey on climate change which had a low response rate.

 

The Interim Executive Director and the Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Sustainability provided an overview of work around Climate Change;

  • A sustainability tool kit had been developed to manage climate risks within projects and was being trialled by the corporate project management team.
  • The Council had recently compiled information in support of the ‘Climate Scorecard’ national assessment which was conducted annually by Climate Emergency UK, and information about this was available on the Council’s website.
  • To support staff Publica was rolling out Carbon Literacy Training. Since March 2021, 249 members of staff had attended Carbon Literacy training and 140 were certified as Carbon Literate including 75% of managers.

 

Members discussed the report, raising the following points:

  • Members asked how the areas of focus for achieving net zero were identified. The Interim Executive Director explained that the areas of the biggest impact were identified, such as waste and leisure and that an action plan was being developed. The Cabinet Member said that as well as focusing on the Council’s own emissions, they were working on encouraging businesses and residents to reduce theirs. The top three sources of carbon emissions within the district were transport, buildings and agriculture.
  • The sustainability tool could be used for any project but was currently in the trial phase.
  • Training was not mandatory but all members of staff were being encouraged to take it up.

 

The Cabinet Member thanked officers for their work.

 

RESOLVED: To NOTE the report

 

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