Investigate the suitability and feasibility of the Commuter Club program for Council staff, or explore establishing similar incentives for alternative transport suited to staff travel patterns. 2017 - 2019 $$ 3.6 Reducing work travel Information and Continue development of video conferencing facilities or other systems that Communications support remote communications to reduce the need for travel between work sites for meetings. ongoing Current resources 3.7 Monitoring and Reporting on fleet management Operations, Finance, Continue to monitor emissions associated with fuel consumption, and Strategic Planning measure the environmental and financial impacts of any changes and Environment introduced to fleet management. 4 Amending Council processes 4.1 Power Withdraw the purchase of Green Power through Council’s energy supply Finance, Strategic Mid 2017 Current resources contract. Re-assess progress towards the emissions target in mid-2020 to Planning and Mid 2020 – identify if purchase of Green Power will be needed to meet the reduction Environment target. 4.2 Procurement Continue to develop and apply processes for ensuring environmental Finance, Strategic Current resources 2017 - 2019 criteria are adequately addressed and assessed in the procurement of Planning and goods and services, for example, developing a checklist, reference guide Environment or template for staff and providers of goods and services. 2017 - 2021 4.3 Investment of funds Finance Current resources Continue enacting Council’s investment policy to reduce support to the fossil fuel industry. 2017 - 2018 4.4 Integrating climate change into decision making Finance, Current resources Investigate opportunities to internal procedures regarding budget Engineering and planning to facilitate the integration of climate change into decision making Projects, across Council, particularly in regards to management of assets and Operations, delivery of services. For example, refine criteria for environmental Strategic Planning consideration in templates for new initiative bids and capital works bids, and Environment
Investigate the suitability and feasibility of the Commuter Club program for Council staff, or explore establishing similar incentives for alternative transport suited to staff travel patterns. 3.6 Reducing work travel Continue development of video conferencing facilities or other systems that support remote communications to reduce the need for travel between work sites for meetings. Information and Communications 2017 - 2019 $$ 3.7 Monitoring and Reporting on fleet management Continue to monitor emissions associated with fuel consumption, and measure the environmental and financial impacts of any changes introduced to fleet management. Operations, Finance, Strategic Planning and Environment ongoing Current resources 4 Amending Council processes 4.1 Power Withdraw the purchase of Green Power through Council’s energy supply contract. Re-assess progress towards the emissions target in mid-2020 to identify if purchase of Green Power will be needed to meet the reduction target. Finance, Strategic Planning and Environment Mid 2017 Mid – 2020 Current resources 4.2 Procurement Continue to develop and apply processes for ensuring environmental criteria are adequately addressed and assessed in the procurement of goods and services, for example, developing a checklist, reference guide or template for staff and providers of goods and services. Finance, Strategic Planning and Environment 2017 - 2019 Current resources 4.3 Investment of funds Continue enacting Council’s investment policy to reduce support to the fossil fuel industry. Finance 2017 - 2021 Current resources 4.4 Integrating climate change into decision making Investigate opportunities to internal procedures regarding budget planning to facilitate the integration of climate change into decision making across Council, particularly in regards to management of assets and delivery of services. For example, refine criteria for environmental consideration in templates for new initiative bids and capital works bids, Finance, Engineering and Projects, Operations, Strategic Planning and Environment 2017 - 2018 Current resources
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