Roadmap to Sustainability
In recent years the Council has made good progress towards ensuring both it, and the Borough as a whole, becomes more sustainable. However, we recognise that much work remains to be done if we are to meet the ever-increasing sustainability related challenges coming our way.
Our Roadmap to Sustainability has been developed to formalise the Council's commitments to becoming more sustainable into one document. It is based on a number of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (which are most relevant to the Council's work).
For the Council to operate and deliver its activities in a sustainable manner, it must consider social, economic and environmental factors in everything it does. Our key areas for action are:
- natural asset protection and enhancement
- health, safety and wellbeing
- delivering a sustainable economy through economic development support for the Council area
- high quality shared spaces
- climate change adaptation and mitigation/carbon emissions reduction
- sustainable development of the Council's physical infrastructure and shared spaces
- resident employability, education and employment provision and support
- community resilience
The Action Plan within the Roadmap presents the main sustainability actions currently proposed.
The actions have been prioritised based on:
1. The prime importance placed on the Environment by residents.
2. Any gaps identified in plans/ arrangements currently in place within the Council.
