Route map for Surrey Police to hit net zero

Environmental consultancy Ricardo has developed a route map for Surrey Police to achieve net zero by 2030.

The route map covers Surrey Police’s buildings and transport fleet. It includes the constabulary’s baseline emissions, business as usual projection, decarbonisation measures and net zero projections detailing how this commitment can be achieved. This is accompanied by a carbon management plan illustrating how it can be implemented, governed, communicated and monitored.

Ricardo agreed the scope and boundary of the commitment, establishing the baseline emissions; modelling the business as usual trajectory; conducting site visits and identifying measures; producing net zero projections, a strategic routemap to carbon neutrality and a carbon management plan.

Rachel Mason-Salkeld, senior consultant and project manager at Ricardo, said: “There was a lot of groundwork involved in developing this route map, and, while it is challenging, we believe that it is achievable.”

To support the development of the route map, stakeholder engagement workshops with key Surrey Police staff were held as well as a staff behavioural workshop to assist in providing the necessary cultural change.

Surrey Police energy and environment manager Mohammad Rafique said: “Reaching net zero by 2030 is a huge challenge for us as a force, and it’s a target our chief officers are absolutely committed to achieving – in part through a new headquarters for which we aspire to achieve a BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) excellent rating.”