Issue - meetings

The Chairman introduced the report which provided an overview of the Sustainability Strategy Framework which will be used to scope and inform the forthcoming Sustainability Strategy. The framework builds on existing sustainability action the Council is taking and has been written in the context of the agreements reached at COP26 and the Environment Act 2021.

It was noted that the Sustainability Strategy had an important part to play in Barnet Council’s role of improving the lives of residents and businesses across the borough, by investing in sustainability to deliver long and short-term improvements in the lives of residents.

Following consideration of the item, the Chairman moved to vote on the recommendations in the report as amended.

The vote was recorded as follows:

The Committee unanimously RESOLVED:

1.    To approve the net zero ambitions laid out within the report, including the Council’s target of being a net zero organisation by 2030, and for Barnet as a place to be net zero as soon as possible following this and by 2050 at the latest

2.    To note the carbon baseline and its findings (section 1.4-1.6)

3.    To note the actions already taken to date that have helped to begin addressing carbon emissions within the Council and across the borough, and the communications activity that has taken place

4.    To approve the Sustainability Strategy Framework (section 1.9-1.11), which will form the basis of the Sustainability Strategy

5.    To instruct officers to begin work on conducting feasibility studies and implementing the workstreams (section 1.9-1.11), and delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources in order to take the necessary actions to look at the funding and resource requirements needed to deliver on these ambitions, and authority to proceed with procurements for the development of the Sustainability Strategy.