Mitchell Shire Council - Managing what you can measure
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Improving accountability to their local community has been a driver for implementing a credible carbon management strategy for the Mitchell Shire Council. In addition they have joined the ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection Program. The Mitchell Shire Council uses CarbonView to measure and manage all aspects of their corporate carbon emissions.
About Mitchell Shire Council
The Shire of Mitchell located in central country Victoria has a population of 32,000 (Greater London: 12 million), land area 2,900 km² (Greater London: 319 km²) and is one of the fastest growing rural areas in Australia, located north of Melbourne.
Mitchell Shire Council has illustrated its commitment to reducing greenhouse gases by becoming a member of the ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) Program.
The CCP Program is an international campaign that helps local governments and their communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to global warming. It operates on the fundamental philosophy of ‘think global, act local.’
CarbonView at Mitchell Shire Council
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Mitchell Shire Council uses CarbonView to manage their corporate energy and emissions information by measuring and monitoring their footprint for Council operations.
This first stage of the project has enabled Mitchell Shire to:
- Drill down on particular department activities to assess consumption and efficiency.
- Identify the best potential abatement projects and the capability to track and report the impact of these projects.
- Monitor the council’s emission performance using CarbonViews dashboards and reports which provides a comprehensive gauge of how the Council is performing and whether or not emission targets are being met.
Benefits for Mitchell Shire Council
The implementation of CarbonView has provided Mitchell Shire Council with:
- Consistent reporting across all facilities and locations including a central visibility and reporting platform.
- Identification of opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and implement associated abatement strategies.
- Compliance with GHG emission legislation, emission trading schemes and voluntary offset standards.
Peter Halton, Acting CEO of Mitchell Shire Council had this to say, “The Mitchell Shire has greatly improved accountability to our local community through the deployment of a robust and creditable carbon management strategy enabled by CarbonView. True to the adage, ‘You can’t manage what you can’t measure’, CarbonView covers all aspects of Council’s corporate carbon emissions.”
