Sustainability is relevant to all of us, all the time.

There are consequences for every decision we make; where we live, how we travel, what we eat, how we shop and what we throw away.

The most urgent sustainability issue of our times is climate change. The council has recognised this and made climate change its sustainability priority and one of its corporate improvement priorities.

The vision for Bath and North East Somerset Council, as community leader is “To become an authority that is moving towards a strong and diverse low carbon economy, cutting carbon emissions through avoiding unnecessary energy consumption, increasing energy efficiency and switching to sustainable sources of energy, bringing our environmental footprint within natural limits and delivering improvements in quality of life, health and community well-being as a result."

Excerpt from Environmental Sustainability Position Statement