APSE Central Region Event - The Path to Net Zero

The Path to Net Zero

The role of local authorities in helping to secure a sustainable future

Whether your council or organisation has declared a climate emergency or otherwise committed to reducing carbon and enhancing its environmental actions, this Central Region Event will the factors that will influence action at a frontline service level.

This free face to face event brings together expert speakers who will be providing an overview of how local authorities and organisation are developing and adapting approaches to build net zero in their services and communities to ensure that they are robust and sustainable for the future.

The event also presents the opportunity for delegates to ask questions, make comments and share information with officers and elected members from local authorities in the APSE Central Region.

Please find programme here

Presentations

Opening address

Cllr Martin Cartwright, Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council

Climate change our legacy

Jon Cross, FIOD, Environmental Stewardship Group

Connecting Nottingham – creating a fair, clean, aspirational city

Matt Ralfe, Innovation and Change manager, Nottingham City Council

Wasteheros – APSE Approved Partner

Andrew Crofts, UK Managing Director, WasteHero

Meeting the carbon challenge for highways

Neil Levett and Richard Whitaker, Institute of Highway Engineers

Net Zero Neighbourhoods

Paul Griffiths and Helen Langley, Dudley Council

Zero Carbon Heating Salt Ayre

Elliott Grimshaw, Business Improvement and Project Lead, Lancaster City Council, Best Climate Action APSE Service Award Winner 2022