A caption in here Diocese of Westminster Annual Repor t & Accounts 2021
Caring for the Environment
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THE DIOCESE has committed to do its utmost to become carbon neutral in its parishes and curial buildings by 2030, and has expressed a commitment to work with schools to help them achieve the same goal. The journey is considerable and complicated, and requires active collaboration with a number of internal and external stakeholders. It is anticipated that the initial years will not show a substantial reduction in carbon usage, with most of the reduction expected after 2025.
•b egun a pilot with a small number of parishes to help them find ways to reduce their carbon footprint; •b een working on transitioning 21 parishes that did not obtain all of their gas and electricity from green sources;* • c onducted detailed audits of 35 schools on energy use and made strong recommendations on how they can reduce their carbon footrpint.
To achieve these goals, in 2021 the Charity has: • divested from fossil fuel companies which are not aligned to the Paris Accord commitments; • calculated the estimate of carbon footprint for curial and parish buildings;
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* Eight parishes do not have green-sourced gas and electricity, 12 do not have green-sourced electricity, and one does not have green-sourced gas.
