Organisations that signed up to the Emissions Reduction Pledge 2020
Public and higher education sectors signed up to a target to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020 to 2021.
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皇冠体育app Emissions Reduction Pledge was a voluntary target for the wider public and higher education sectors in England. 皇冠体育app target aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across these sectors by 30% by 2020 to 2021, compared to a 2009 to 2010 baseline.
皇冠体育app target was introduced in the 2017 Clean Growth Strategy.
皇冠体育app Pledge enabled organisations to:
- make a public declaration of their intention to reduce emissions
- receive public recognition for doing so
皇冠体育app Emissions Reduction Pledge is now closed. We have published a list of all organisations that signed up.
Some parts of the wider public and higher education sectors already had carbon targets in place or were subject to mandatory or voluntary reporting schemes. It is also recognised that some sectors and local areas had already set ambitious 2020 targets which aimed to deliver more than a 30% reduction in emissions.