Addressing Climate Change and Fuel Poverty – energy measures information for Local Government.
Action by local authorities is critical to the achievements of the Government’s climate change and energy objectives.
This Energy Measures Report, published on 18 September 2007, sets out the steps that local authorities can take to:
improve energy efficiency;
increase the levels of microgeneration and low carbon technologies;
reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and
reduce the number of households living in fuel poverty. [Open]
ESPO Catalogue for Sustainable Products and Services
Making the right procurement decisons can have far reaching enviromental, economic and social impacts. The volume of public sector procurement in the UK and wider EU is sufficiently large enough for it to be seen as an area that can help tackle a wide range of central policy issues, such as climate change, providing the right goods and services are procured.
The action plan produced by the Government's Sustainable Procurement Task Force identified a number of key commodity groups that would have the widest sustainability impact, and which would produce a step change in public sector procurement.
Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation has led the way in carrying out an EU compliant procurement initiative across the key commodity groups and in October 2007 launched a new 'Sustainable Products and Services Catalogue'.
For further information visit ESPO's website. [Open]
