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Issue(s) Arising from Overview and Scrutiny and/or Audit
Meeting: 09/01/2025 - Cabinet (Item 46)
46 Issue(s) Arising from Overview and Scrutiny and/or Audit and Governance 
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To receive any recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee or to consider any matters raised by the Audit and Governance Committee.
Additional documents:
Decision:
There was one recommendation from Overview and Scrutiny Committee relating to a report the Committee had considered on the Climate and Ecological Emergency meeting held on 6 January 2025
Recommendation - That the Council ensures that it has processes in place for testing and developing the value of the work it is undertaking on the climate and ecological emergency with a view to providing positive ongoing investment in this field.
The Chair stated that the recommendation was accepted. The Council has adopted governance and decision-making processes that give significant priority to climate change. All reports prepared for decision-making purposes now include a mandatory section on the implications for the Climate and Ecological Emergencies. Additionally, the council is trialling a Sustainability Impact Assessment Tool, designed to ensure that sustainability considerations are reviewed at key stages of projects including the design stage when beneficial changes can still be made. The tool ensures for example that: the carbon implications of building/operating new buildings is assessed; opportunities to mitigate negative impacts by design are identified; facilities and access to sustainable transport are provided; and ecological enhancement in site landscaping is maximised
Minutes:
There was one recommendation from Overview and Scrutiny meeting held on 6 January 2025:
Recommendation: That the Council ensures that it has processes in place for testing and developing the value of the work it is undertaking on the climate and ecological emergency with a view to providing positive ongoing investment in this field.
The recommendation is accepted. The Council has adopted governance and decision-making processes that give significant priority to climate change. All reports prepared for decision-making purposes now include a mandatory section on the implications for the Climate and Ecological Emergencies. Additionally, the council is trialling a Sustainability Impact Assessment Tool, designed to ensure that sustainability considerations are reviewed at key stages of projects including the design stage when beneficial changes can still be made. The tool ensures for example: the carbon implications of building/operating new buildings is assessed; opportunities to mitigate negative impacts by design is identified; facilities and access to sustainable transport is provided; and ecological enhancement in site landscaping is maximised.