Congleton Town Council declared a Climate Change Emergency on the 19th September 2019 at the Town Council Meeting and pledged to:
Make Congleton Town Council’s activities and operations carbon neutral by 2025
In all discussions, debates and decision-making procedures ensure that the climate and environmental impact is thoroughly considered and recorded
Report back on actions and plans within three months (report to Community and Environment Committee on the 7th November 2019) and on a regular basis.
Here you can find out about information about what the council is doing to reduce its environmental impact and carbon footprint.
Understanding the baseline footprint of the Town Hall. This was conducted by Dr Barry Speed from the Congleton Sustainability Group based on our purchasing and energy bills, using best practice and industry-recognised methodology.
Headline Figures are now available for 2018- 2019, 2019- 2020, 2020-2021. The baseline figure for 2018-19 was 231,000kg of CO2 or 231 tonnes. The Green Working Group of the Town Council believe it should be possible to reduce emissions by 90,000kg which would leave a residue of 131,000kg that would need to be offset.
Other policies are being put in place to ensure that our purchasing polices are as green as possible for example, using local suppliers and reusing and recycling wherever possible.
Congleton Town Council actively encourages everyone in Congleton to adopt more sustainable ways of living and doing business. In this section of our website you will find a lot of resources to help you.
You might like to take our free eLearning Course: Sustainable Living in Congleton. This takes between 15 and 30 minutes to complete and has sections on the home, transport, food and waste, with lots of links to other information and resources.
You could attend our annual Green Fayre and learn from the experts including local charities and providers of green products.
Also, browse this website where you will find pages for Green Living and Green Business.
