Decision details

Authority is delegated to the Assistant Director – Environment and Transport to approve the 2025 submission and future submissions, in consultation with the Executive Member for Managing our Environment

Officers are preparing a response to the CDP disclosure platform in advance of the 2025 deadline. The disclosure allows progress on the council’s decarbonisation efforts to be monitored and independently assessed in a consistent way, enabling benchmarking with similar organisations.

The briefing (Appendix A) gives an outline of the council’s proposed submission for information and comment. This covers the key headings in the submission and a discussion of the previous 2024 score and other points for information.

The CDP disclosure is a detailed survey – the 2024 submission was 245 pages long – so to enable efficient and effective completion, it is recommended that authority is delegated to the Assistant Director, Environment and Transport to approve the final submission in advance of the September deadline.

The Corporate Director and Executive Member will be informed of key developments via informal briefings where required. The same process will be carried out for any future submissions.

Not disclosing to CDP and not briefing the Corporate Director and Executive Member is
rejected, because a commitment to participate is included in the Council’s Climate Change
Delivery Pathway. The briefing (Appendix A) allows the Corporate Director and Executive
Member to be kept informed of key developments and outcomes from this process.

Not delegating authority to Assistant Director - Environment and Transport to approve the final version of this and future submissions is rejected because it is more effective and efficient for final sign off to sit with the Assistant Director, due to the length and nature of the information in the submission. As per para 9.3 of the report, the Corporate Director and Executive Member will be kept informed of the process via briefings where required.