28.02.13
Manchester tops public sector carbon efficiency table
Manchester City Council has been scored the top public sector organisation in the Environment Agency’s CRC table, and fourth overall.
The top three organisations were BAM Group UK Ltd, Skanska Construction Holdings Ltd and Motorola Solutions UK Ltd.
The table covers carbon emissions over the last year and is based on a range of factors including emissions measured in tonnes of CO2 and the percentage change in emissions from the previous year.
Departments across Manchester City Council have begun recording information about what they can do to improve carbon efficiency in public buildings and installing smart meters in depots and offices. The council plans to reduce emissions by 41% by 2020.
Cllr Nigel Murphy, Manchester City Council's executive member for the environment, said: “We have become one of the first councils to embed low carbon thinking at the heart of everything we do, from developing services to monitoring what each department is doing to cut emissions.
“Being placed at the top of the league table – beating big government departments like the DCLG and DECC – is an important step, recognising that the work we've done to reduce our carbon emissions is already yielding results. Our commitment to become more environmentally friendly will save money and show we’re leading the way in reducing emissions across the city.”
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