Committee details - Sustainability Cabinet Committee

The purpose of the Sustainability Cabinet Committee is to make decisions or recommendations to Cabinet on sustainability issues that are not the sole responsibility of other Cabinet members, e.g.

§       environmental management within the council itself

§       the council’s role in, and response to, cross-cutting issues like reducing carbon emissions, projections of a changing climate locally, improving resource efficiency, developing sustainable energy.

The Sustainability Cabinet Committee is made up of the Leader of the Council, the Cabinet Members for Housing and Central Services. The Lead Councillor for Sustainability is invited to attend each meeting along with spokespeople from all opposition groups.