29 August 2022
Your requests
- how much CO2 does the council produce under Scopes 1, 2 and 3?
2. how often does the council calculate your Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions?
3. which of the council’s activities are included in your Scope 3 emissions calculations?
4. what is the estimated financial budget to meet your Net Zero/Carbon Neutral target?
5. how much has been spent to date in reaching your Net Zero/Carbon Neutral target?
6. how are you financing this investment?
Our response
1. see Annex 2 of the Council’s Emissions Report, available here:
2. annually.
3. see Annex 2 of the Council’s Emissions Report, available here:
4. an overall analysis of the cost of Net Zero is still being developed. However, an initial capital budget of £20,150,000 for Climate Change initiatives has been allocated along with related spend embedded within the budgets of related services like Housing, Waste and Highways”
5. £692,000.00.
6. spend is expected to be financed by a mixture of grants, developer contributions and borrowing.