Mole Valley District Council has made a public commitment to reduce its carbon footprint by signing up to 10:10. As a signatory to this national campaign, MVDC are demonstrating their firm intention to reduce their carbon emissions by as much as possible during the year 2010.
10:10 is an ambitious project to unite every sector of British society behind one simple idea: that by working together a 10% cut in the UK’s carbon emissions is achievable in 2010. Signatories to 10:10 pledge aim to achieve carbon reductions in their organisation as close to 10% as possible during the year 2010. Read on and then sign yourself up to the campaign at http://www.1010uk.org/. Together, we can achieve meaningful cuts.
The Council’s commitment to 10:10 builds on its previous successes in reducing its carbon footprint. In the last few years the Council has invested in a number of projects which are intended to reduce the Council’s carbon footprint. These include: installing energy saving computer technology; using alternative fuels in its vehicles; promoting energy awareness to its staff and installing a combined heat and power (CHP) generator in the newly refurbished Leatherhead Leisure Centre. All of these projects have resulted in lower carbon emissions as well as lower energy costs for the Council, both of which benefit Mole Valley residents.
The Council has a clear strategy to reduce its carbon footprint in 2010 and beyond. In partnership with the Carbon Trust, the Council is developing a carbon management strategy and identifying a set of practical actions that will reduce its energy bills and carbon emissions.
Leader of the Council, Jean Pearson, said “Mole Valley District Council is proud to be a 10:10 Council. We have already started to address and reduce our carbon footprint through ‘invest to save’ schemes. This campaign makes sense for the Council, the community and the global environment by addressing climate change.”
Any word on Reigate and Banstead doing the same?
