For Elmbridge, sustainable means being carbon neutral, enhancing our natural environment, as well as supporting and engaging our community with biodiversity, active travel and sustainable living.
Carbon neutral organisation
- Deliver our Carbon Management and Reduction Plan and carbon reduction measures.
Carbon neutral borough
- Working with our partners, support delivery of sustainable public space improvements and travel options.
- Promote climate change and sustainability action to become a carbon neutral borough.
Enhancing our natural environment and sustainability
- Support biodiversity by protecting, maintaining and enhancing our green and blue infrastructure network and implementing a higher standard of Biodiversity Net Gain.
- Help our community to reduce, reuse, repair and recycle.
- Improve air quality in the borough through delivery of our Air Quality Action Plan.
- Seek to protect our Green Belt in line with our adopted policies.
- Commence development of a New Local Plan.