The UK Public Sector is going green, ARE YOU?
Leading by example is the best way to lead there is, and the Government of UK is determined to do the same. With this respect, in 2005, came the UK Government Sustainable Development Strategy (Securing the Future). Under this, every Public Sector was required to strategize and follow a sustainability plan, which they all did. However, as the UK Government realized that a more significant step was needed to be taken to achieve true sustainability, the Securing the Fututre strategy was withdrawn in 2018, to be replaced by the Zero Target Law in June 2019. Within this sustainable development policy, businesses, public sector and residential areas – everyone is required to decarbonise everything by 2050. The Gov UK grants proposed by the UK Government will go a long way to meet this target. While a staggering 1.425 billion is proposed to ensure a 75% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the public buildings by 2037, government grants are also available to businesses and househo