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4. Unable to reduce City Council Scope 3 other indirect emissions

Unable to reduce City Council Scope 3 other indirect emissions (supply chain, assets, investment, waste disposal, employee commuting).

Service: Net Zero & Business

Date identified: 13 June 2022

Owner: Net Zero Project Manager

Target implementation date: 2030

Potential Causes:

Insufficient data capture to provide meaningful incentive for reduction
Procurement Policy unable to support carbon reduction measures in our supply chain e.g contactors do not/unable to reduce emissions
High financial cost of using contractors with low associated GHG emissions (Procuring a 'green' alternative is prohibitively more expensive)
City Council purchase of new assets and increased carbon outputs
City Council build new residential and commercial property increases carbon outputs
Lower cost options when carrying out building maintenance repairs can increase carbon emissions and spend in the longer term
Supply chain do not implement changes to their business

Potential Impacts:

What has been done to control the risk?

Procurement Policy is amended to support a reduction in Scope 3 emissions
Net Zero Ambassadors influence procurement decisions within their own service area - spend less
Green Accord is re-launched to support supply chain and use of contractors with commitments to mitigate climate change
Regular internal and external communications to introduce better methodology to capture accurate meaningful data to incentivise reduction, "you can't manage what you don't measure"
LEVI bid to support further EV charging infrastructure to include staff EV charging
New technology and agile working facilities reduction in staff travel emissions
Regular 1-2-1's with Portfolio Holder for Climate and Ecological Crisis
New Environmental Requirements have been established and to be introduced for all contracts over £100k and high impact contracts over £25k
Planned regular discussions with Procurement and service leads on spend and how to best tackle Scope 3 emissions

Seek requirement that all contracts over £50kshould be required to state GHG emissions for that contract
Embodied emission evaluation needed for new developments and acquisitions to assess whole life impact of carbon emissions. This includes assessment of building new versus use of existing assets and building efficiently
Review of Green Travel Plan to support reduced staff transport related activities and lower emission alternatives and other modes of transport, including reduction of unnecessary journeys
Relaunch of Green Accord scheme to better engage with Council's supply chain and reduce emissions throughout supply chain

Procurement Task and Finish (T&F) group established, focusing on supplier engagement and improved accuracy of Scope 3 data.