West Northamptonshire Council joins Net Zero pledge

West Northamptonshire Council has signed up to the UK100 Net Zero pledge, focusing on tackling the climate emergency and reducing carbon emissions.

UK100’s Net Zero Pledge commits councils to cutting their own emissions to net zero by 2030 and those of their residents and businesses by 2045 - five years ahead of the government’s 2050 target.

The UK100 network includes 100 councils across the country, enabling those signed up to the pledge to work directly with others facing the same climate challenges as well as having wider access to a range of new resources including climate research, campaigns, publications, innovative funding models and private sector expertise.

Jonathan Nunn, leader of the council, said: “We’re delighted to be signing up to the UK100, and will be taking our Net Zero pledge really, really seriously. We need to make the future of West Northants sustainable, not just environmentally but economically and socially too. We’re setting bold, climate change-related goals, and if everybody works together we can do it.

“We’re developing a sustainability strategy and looking carefully at how we measure the council’s own carbon footprint, as well as measuring the wider impact of West Northants.

“The UK100 will be a good network for us to gain information on what other councils are doing to drive sustainability into their communities, but it’s also a check and balance to ensure that we’re doing things correctly and properly. This is a really important agenda, we’re committed to it, and we look forward to working with every resident and business across West Northants to achieve these important goals.”