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Sutton's Sustainability Action Plan Sutton’s Sustainability Action Plan 1st Draft Revision Date Issued to for review 1.1 15/10/08 Chris Reid 1.2 23/10/08 Executive 1.3 November 2008 All relevant Council departments (many have had input but not all) 1 Contents Targets and Actions Introduction 3 18 Zero Carbon 20 34 Zero Waste 42 53 Sustainable Transport 56 68 Local and Sustainable Materials 72 79 Local and Sustainable Food 82 88 Sustainable Water 91 97 Natural Habitats and Wildlife 100 n/a Culture and Heritage 101 n/a Equity and Fair Trade 102 106 Health and Happiness 109 n/a 2 Introduction Sutton Council has led the way in promoting environmental awareness for over 20 years. Sutton’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy, adopted in May 2005, set a 20-year vision based on achieving One Planet Living 1. The ultimate aim of One Planet Living in Sutton is to reduce the Ecological Footprint of residents to a sustainable One Planet level of 1.5 global hectares per person from a 3-planet baseline of 5.3 global hectares. Success will be judged on whether the Council has reduced their direct impacts and whether Sutton Council have enabled One Planet Living in the Borough – individuals may choose not to change their lifestyles and this is beyond the Council’s control. The Sustainability Action Plan covers behavioural changes needed, for example turning the thermostat down or using public transport instead of driving, to major projects such as establishing an ESCo to provide Sutton with renewable energy or providing additional cycle lanes. BioRegional has written this Sustainability Action Plan with input from Sutton Council, residents and stakeholders. Sutton Council has already committed to One Planet Living targets – this Action Plan suggests how those targets might be met. This first draft of the Action Plan will be consulted on internally by Council Officers and Members from the start of November 2009 to the end of April 2010. Amendments will be incorporated and the second draft scheduled for referral to Members in May 2010. Vision for One Planet Living One Planet Living is the challenge of our times. Globally, we are consuming resources and polluting 30% more than the planet can sustain. Our increasing consumption means we leave less and less space for other species to flourish, and we are losing biodiversity at an alarming rate. 1 One Planet Living is a global initiative based on 10 principles of sustainability developed by BioRegional and WWF . www.oneplanetliving.org 3 Figure 1: Ecological Footprint and Living Planet Index Figures from the Living Planet Report 2 show that if everyone on the planet consumed as much as the average person in the UK, we would need three planets to support us. These figures suggest that the UK needs to reduce its consumption of fossil fuels and virgin materials by two-thirds to be environmentally sustainable. To achieve this reduction in consumption, we need to develop lifestyles that are consistent with ‘one planet’ ways of living. BioRegional Development Group is an entrepreneurial, independent environmental organisation that develops commercially viable products and services which meet more of our everyday needs from local renewable and waste resources, to help enable One Planet Living – living within our fair share of the Earth’s resources. One Planet Living is a global initiative based on ten principles and common international targets and guidance. BioRegional are leading on working with partners all around the world who are implementing One Planet Living in new eco-cities and villages, existing towns and the London Olympic 2 Living Planet Report 2006, WWF and Global Footprint Network 4 Games. One Planet Living is a design framework which can be used at any scale from individuals to countries and regions and the whole world. The London Borough of Sutton is the first region to have committed to One Planet Living. The ten One Planet Living principles detailed in were developed to act as a framework to express the sustainability challenge and a mechanism for developing and presenting solutions. These aims or principles are not in a particular order. They are all important and they are all interconnected. Each One Planet Living project interprets these principles in a manner appropriate to the local context. The overall aim of OPL is to help create a ‘tipping point’ by 2012 where current unsustainable trends are reversed and help move them towards a sustainable level. Tipping Point Target: One Planet Living achieved globally The aims of the One Planet Living initiative are to: 1. Bring together partners to build a world-wide network of One Planet Living Communities to demonstrate how people everywhere can improve their quality of life whilst living within a fair share of the earth’s resources. 2. Establish One Planet Living Centres in each One Planet Living community as a focus for education and continuous professional development. 3. Promote a range of One Planet Living Products and Services that will help people to reduce their ecological footprint, such as local paper cycles. 4. Promote the imperative for One Planet Living and its guiding principles to catalyse change with governments, business and individuals. 5 GLOBAL CHALLENGE OPL PRINCIPLE OPL GOAL and STRATEGY Achieve net CO emissions of zero tonnes from operation of buildings Climate change due to human-induced build up of carbon 2 Zero Carbon Implement energy efficiency in buildings and infrastructure; supply energy from on-site dioxide (CO ) in the atmosphere 2 renewable sources, topped up by new off-site renewable supply where necessary. Eliminate waste flows to landfill and for incineration Waste from discarded products and packaging create a Reduce waste generation through improved design; encourage re-use, recycling and huge disposal challenge while squandering valuable Zero Waste composting; generate energy from waste; eliminate the concept of waste as part of a resources resource-efficient society. Reduce reliance on fossil fuel based transport, and achieve major reductions of CO 2 emissions from transport Travel by fossil fuel based car and airplane can cause Sustainable Provide transport systems and infrastructure that reduce dependence on fossil fuel use, climate change, air & noise pollution, and congestion Transport e.g., by cars and airplanes. Offset carbon emissions from air travel and perhaps car travel. Transform materials supply to the point where it has a net positive impact on the Destructive patterns of resource exploitation and use of non- Local and environment and local economy. Where possible, use local, reclaimed, renewable and local materials in construction and manufacture increase Sustainable recycled materials in construction and products, which minimises transport emissions, environmental harm and reduce gains to the local economy Materials spurs investment in local (non-fossil fuel) natural resource stocks and boosts the local economy. Transform food supply to the point where it has a net positive impact on the environment, Industrial agriculture produces food of uncertain quality and Local and local economy and peoples’ well-being harms local ecosystems, while consumption of non-local Sustainable Support local and low impact food production that provides healthy, quality food while food imposes high transport impacts Food boosting the local economy in an environmentally beneficial manner; showcase examples of low-impact packaging, processing and disposal; highlight benefits of a low-impact diet. Achieve a positive impact on local water resources and supply Local supplies of freshwater are often insufficient to meet Sustainable Implement water use efficiency measures, re-use and recycling; minimise water human needs due to pollution, disruption of hydrological Water extraction and pollution; foster sustainable water and sewage management in the cycles and depletion of existing stocks landscape; restore natural water cycles. Regenerate degraded environments and halt biodiversity loss Loss of biodiversity and habitats due to development in Natural Habitats Protect or regenerate existing natural environments and the habitats they provide to natural areas and overexploitation of natural resources and Wildlife fauna and flora; create new habitats. Protect and build on local cultural heritage and diversity Local cultural heritage is being lost throughout the world due Culture and Celebrate and revive cultural heritage and the sense of local and regional identity; to globalisation, resulting in a loss of local identity and Heritage choose structures and systems that build on this heritage; foster a new culture of wisdom sustainability. Ensure that the impact on others is positive Some in the industrialised world live in relative poverty, Equity and Fair Promote equity and fair trading relationships to ensure the OPL community has a while many in the developing world cannot meet their basic Trade beneficial impact on other communities both locally and globally, notably disadvantaged needs from what they produce or sell communities. Increase health and quality of life of OPL community members and others Rising wealth and greater health and happiness increasingly Health and Promote healthy lifestyles and physical, mental & spiritual well-being through well- diverge, raising questions about the true basis of well-being Happiness designed structures and community engagement measures, as well as by delivering on and contentment social and environmental targets. 6 Sutton’s Impact on the Environment The impact Sutton has on the environment can be looked at through consumption or production; impacts that occur within the Borough boundary (territorial emissions) can be measured or all of the environmental impacts of Sutton residents, whether they occur in Sutton or not. For One Planet Living, consumption is the preferred metric, though there are some instances where BioRegional recommend that Sutton Council measure territorial emissions. CO 2 Table 1 and Table 2 show Sutton’s CO 2 emissions from consumption (to the left) and territorial emissions (to the right). The data from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is taken from a Resource and Energy Analysis Programme (REAP) analysis of Sutton using 2001 data 3.
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