Climate Change

A joint application by Elmbridge Borough A joint application by Elmbridge Borough This project will help explore and find soluThis project will help explore and find soluCouncil and Surrey County Council to this Council and Surrey County Council to this tions to this challenge and we are looking tions to this challenge and we are looking year year’ ’s Design in the Public Sector programme s Design in the Public Sector programme forward to the work ahead. forward to the work ahead.” ” (DiPS) was successful. (DiPS) was successful. Councillor Natalie Bramhall, Cabinet MemCouncillor Natalie Bramhall, Cabinet MemThe DiPS is delivered in partnership between The DiPS is delivered in partnership between ber for Environment and Climate Change at ber for Environment and Climate Change at the Local Government Association (LGA) the Local Government Association (LGA) Surrey County Council, said: Surrey County Council, said: “We make a “We make a and the Design Council and equips councils and the Design Council and equips councils huge number of purchasing decisions every huge number of purchasing decisions every with design skills and methodologies to apply with design skills and methodologies to apply day as council organisations. The products day as council organisations. The products to local challenges and ambitions. This year topic is climate change. to local challenges and ambitions. This year topic is climate change. ’s ’s and services we buy can have a considerable impact on the environment. Working closely and services we buy can have a considerable impact on the environment. Working closely with Elmbridge and our other key partners with Elmbridge and our other key partners A multi A multi-disciplinary team from Elmbridge disciplinary team from Elmbridge will help us understand how we can reduce will help us understand how we can reduce Borough Council, Surrey County Council and Borough Council, Surrey County Council and these impacts through our procurement prothese impacts through our procurement prothe Orbis Shared Services Partnership, with the Orbis Shared Services Partnership, with cesses. I am very interested to see how this cesses. I am very interested to see how this commissioning, procurement and climate commissioning, procurement and climate significant piece of work develops. significant piece of work develops.” ” change expertise, is going to explore ways to change expertise, is going to explore ways to consistently take into account sustainability consistently take into account sustainability (i.e. environmental, social, economic) within (i.e. environmental, social, economic) within their procurement processes. their procurement processes. Both councils are committed to become carBoth councils are committed to become carbon neutral organisations by 2030 and share bon neutral organisations by 2030 and share ambitions to become a net zero carbon county ambitions to become a net zero carbon county by 2050. by 2050. The DiPS launched in November and will run The DiPS launched in November and will run for the next six months. There will be four for the next six months. There will be four phases of the programme: exploring the chalphases of the programme: exploring the challenge, defining the challenge, creating a solulenge, defining the challenge, creating a solution and testing the solution. tion and testing the solution. Councillor Mary Marshall, Portfolio Holder Councillor Mary Marshall, Portfolio Holder for the Environment at Elmbridge Borough for the Environment at Elmbridge Borough Council said: Council said: “Through our close partnership “Through our close partnership with Surrey County Council we will look at with Surrey County Council we will look at the pressing climate change challenges we are the pressing climate change challenges we are facing in the county. Our spending decisions facing in the county. Our spending decisions can be influential and so we must find ways can be influential and so we must find ways to reduce their associated carbon emissions. to reduce their associated carbon emissions.

A joint application by Elmbridge Borough

Council and Surrey County Council to this year (DiPS) was successful.

The DiPS is delivered in partnership between the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Design Council and equips councils with design skills and methodologies to apply to local challenges and ambitions. This year topic is climate change.

A multi

Borough Council, Surrey County Council and the Orbis Shared Services Partnership, with commissioning, procurement and climate change expertise, is going to explore ways to consistently take into account sustainability (i.e. environmental, social, economic) within