{"id":1147,"date":"2022-12-08T17:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T17:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2022-12-08T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T17:23:10","slug":"1147-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/1147-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Swansea achieves UK first in new ecology standard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swansea Council has become the first UK council to receive recognition against the One Planet Standard for the work it\u2019s doing to reduce its overall ecological footprint.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As well as decarbonisation, this covers buildings, travel, land use and waste as well as biodiversity and the impact on natural resources.<\/p>\n

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Swansea Council has achieved Bronze level<\/em><\/p>\n

The One Planet Standard also provides a Framework for organisations to create a road map towards net zero carbon, with the necessary targets and metrics to keep them on their journey.<\/p>\n

Andrea Lewis<\/strong>, the council\u2019s joint deputy leader and cabinet member for service transformation, spoke at COP26 last year and is delighted that accreditation was awarded in time for the 2022 Wales Climate Week, November 21-25.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cIt’s great news that Swansea Council has received the One Planet Standard recognition \u2013 it shows how seriously we take our work to aid nature recovery and to tackle climate change. I thank all the staff who were involved in the assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to have measurable standards and an independent set of eyes making sure that we don\u2019t have gaps in things that we should be focusing on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made a commitment to reach net zero as a council by 2030. We hope that across Swansea we reach net zero by 2050. This is about changing behaviours, winning hearts and minds, bringing businesses, bringing the public along with us and of course engaging our staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

The council has declared both a nature and a climate emergency. It\u2019s working to protect biodiversity and tackle climate change.<\/p>\n

It has the biggest electric vehicle fleet of any council in Wales and has cut the amount of energy it uses in its buildings and on its network of street lights.<\/p>\n

The council is protecting and promoting biodiversity across the city alongside community groups and businesses.<\/p>\n

The independent One Planet Standard Assessors were satisfied that the council\u2019s structure was clearly defined and that senior leaders were confident in their strategy of making it part of everyone’s role to reduce our ecological footprint.<\/p>\n

They said that, due to the council\u2019s well-being objective, working toward ecological aspirations was now integrated in council-wide job roles and specialist teams. This approach ensures senior leaders feel confident of whole organisation commitment to strategic aims around climate and nature emergency.<\/p>\n

The Assessor complimented the council on how it has set up council-wide governance and monitoring of this agenda and how it is making it \u201ceveryone\u2019s business\u201d to help reduce the council footprint.<\/p>\n

The standard\u2019s developer – and One Planet Centre CIC founder-director – David Thorpe<\/strong>, said: \u201cCongratulations to Swansea Council for being the first organisation to achieve bronze level of the One Planet Standard. This guarantees that they\u2019re on the road to genuine sustainability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe One Planet Standard helps organisations of all types combat climate change and improve biodiversity by adjusting the complete impacts of their activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The One Planet Standard is supported by many of the top environmentalists in Wales and by the Welsh Future Generations Commissioner Sophie Howe.<\/p>\n

More info: https:\/\/oneplanetstandard.org\/cy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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