Issue - meetings
Report on the progress of the administration Green Charter
Meeting: 14/01/2013 - Executive (Item 5)
5 Green Charter monitoring report PDF 140 KB
The Executive adopted the Council’s Green Charter in January 2012. This report updates the Executive on the council’s progress since then.
Additional documents:
Decision:
that the contents of the Green Charter monitoring report in Appendix A to the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services be noted.
Minutes:
Councillor Powney (Lead Member, Environment and Neighbourhoods) responded to the deputation earlier in the evening from Ken Montague (Secretary, Brent Campaign Against Climate Change) and indicated that the Director would be in contact. He referred to the recent passing of Jeff Bartley (formerly the council’s climate change officer) and acknowledged the need for communication channels to be re-established with interest groups.
On the monitoring report, Councillor Powney reminded the Executive that the Green Charter had been adopted a year ago and brought together all the work the council was doing to improve, enhance and protect the environment to help respond to the challenge of climate change and reduce its carbon footprint.Councillor Powney outlined the areas in which progress had been seen to have been made in particular, reduced carbon emissions and an increase in waste recycling to 45%. There was also growing interest in the food strategy.
Councillor Arnold drew members’ attention to and welcomed the forthcoming schools climate change conference planned for 20 March 2013. In response to a question from Councillor Lorber on policy proposals for car parking at the new Civic Centre due to open later in the year, the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects undertook to provide the timetable.
RESOLVED:
that the contents of the Green Charter monitoring report in Appendix A to the report from the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services be noted.