Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Built Environment

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Built Environment on proposals for the adoption of the Sefton Carbon Management Plan to reduce emissions and associated consumptions from the Council’s property estate by 25% by 2016 and to agree the policy statement to shape the development of a Sefton Sustainable Energy Action Plan, which would provide a comprehensive local approach to sustainable energy for all Sefton communities.

This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       it be agreed as Sefton Council corporate policy, that “Sefton Council will seek to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions from its activities by 25% from the 2009/10 baseline by 2016 through the delivery of the 2011 - 2016 Carbon Management Plan, as funding allows”;

(2)       it be agreed as Sefton Council corporate policy that “Carbon Management is a common thread integrated through all service plans and binds together existing and future policies/strategies under a single umbrella of Carbon Management”;

(3)       approval be given to the adoption of the Carbon Management Plan 2011 - 2016 set out in Annex 1 of the report,  subject to the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT preparing a financial delivery plan within available resources;

(4)       it be agreed as Sefton-wide policy that “Sefton Council will meet challenges and seize opportunities to enable our households, our businesses and all our stakeholders to reduce their reliance on costly utility supplies, transport costs, reduce carbon emissions, maximise available resources and services for our communities and bring tangible benefits to Sefton’s economy”; and

(5)       approval be given to the development of a Sefton Sustainable Energy Action Plan that considers carbon reduction and economic development progress for the maximum benefit of Sefton communities and meets the criteria of the Covenant of Mayors.