Join Our Net Zero Journey
This month, we launched our London Bridge Carbon Neutral Routemap to set out how the London Bridge BID community can achieve carbon neutral by 2030 target, in alignment with targets set for the whole Borough of Southwark.
This game changing piece of work is the culmination of 16 years of projects and services in London Bridge, driven by the business community and delivered by Team London Bridge, that have increasingly integrated sustainable principles and outcomes into their delivery.
The Routemap sets out practical steps we can take as organisations and individuals, but for it to have any impact it requires a community response. It has been designed to have numerous ways to take action to allow most, if not all, of us to make a significant difference.
Produced by sustainability consultants Useful Projects and xtonnes, the Routemap will go some way to realising the Team London Bridge vision ‘to make the area one of the most sustainable, culturally innovative and compelling places for business and tourism in the world’.
These colourful exhibition boards are designed by communication design studio Thomas Matthews and are available to view now in the London Bridge Hive. Contact Jack Skillen to arrange a visit and discuss how your business can get involved.
Where are we now?
In 2019, the businesses, including landlords, in the London Bridge BID were responsible for 130,000 tonnes of CO2e. This is equivalent to powering 25,295 homes a year, which is almost a fifth of the London Borough of Southwark’s total homes. 65% of the area’s carbon footprint is associated with heating, cooling and powering buildings.
All of this can be dramatically changed and mitigated, but it will take commitment from all sectors to do so.
We believe we are the first BID in the UK to introduce a zero-carbon strategy and see this as an exciting piece of work that has the potential to have tangible impacts for our community.
What next?
With our support, the Routemap recommends that businesses and landlords in the BID area:
1. Collectively contribute to the communal projects.
2. Continue to measure and report on their carbon emissions in order to inform decision-making processes, coordinate collective action and monitor progress.
3. Support the creation and contribute to an area-wide Sustainable Transition Fund.
4. Establish a governance framework to help deliver the actions set in this Routemap.
The possible benefits are wide-ranging: from attracting more businesses, staff and visitors, building a global reputation for sustainable business practices, achieving better rents, increasing footfall, becoming more competitive and climate resilient, to freeing up more public spaces, improving the quality of the public realm, enhancing health, well-being and productivity, and delivering more services for the area.
Contact Jack Skillen, Placeshaping Director, to see how you could get involved.
To view the Route map ‘at a glance’ come and visit our exhibition in The Hive, or see the exhibition boards here.
Details of the research and full Routemap can be viewed here https://www.teamlondonbridge.co.uk/netzero