Green New Deal

Working Group

Overall Goal

Lead efforts to tackle the climate and ecological emergencies facing London. 

Key Deliverables 

  • Reducing our carbon footprint, accelerating London’s transition to net zero  

  • Developing green skills to ensure a robust, trained workforce can meet decarbonisation needs  

  • Building London’s climate resilience and enhancing green spaces across the city

Work Programme Highlights

  • Identifying and progressing estate decarbonisation opportunities, including providing inputs to London's net zero pipeline, supported by signposting to technical assistance and financing opportunities 

  • Rolling out carbon literacy training for staff, including senior managers 

  • Installing new EV charging infrastructure 

  • Decarbonising last mile deliveries  

  • Exploring opportunities to switch to renewable energy 

Progress Measures

  • Net zero targets in place (plus any interim targets)   

  • Sqm of estate identified for decarbonisation (and by when)   

  • Sqm of estate retrofitted in the last financial year    

  • Tonnes of CO2e savings achieved in the last financial year     

  • Amount of decarbonisation funding secured in the last financial year    

  • Green Last Mile Delivery (GLMD) target in place (plus any interim targets) 

  • No. of staff who have done carbon literacy training over the last financial year    

  • No. of staff who have done environmental sustainability training over the last financial year