Net Zero strategy and action plan

Services provided

Development of a strategy and action plan to achieve Net-Zero Carbon by 2030

Benefits achieved

A step change in action on climate change, recognised as an innovative roadmap in the Higher Education Sector

Summary

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a post-graduate research institution with a global reputation for excellence and 3,300 staff based all around the world.

LSHTM has a critical global mission – improving health worldwide LSHTM’s new net-zero strategy addresses the clear synergy between improving health and addressing the climate crisis.

The challenge

In response to the UK Parliament’s declaration of a climate change emergency in May 2019, the university began developing a new Energy and Carbon Management Plan (ECMP). JRP was commissioned to support LSHTM in developing the ECMP to deliver their mission of improving health worldwide in a more sustainable way, with the goal of achieving net-zero carbon.

The plan

JRP worked closely with LSHTM’s Estate and Support Services teams to develop a bespoke ECMP to put the University on the right trajectory to meet its commitment to achieve net-zero by 2030, setting an interim milestone target for 2025 The net-zero strategy developed is radically ambitious, involving a series of building energy services and resource usage surveys, and a full supply chain analysis to enable LSHTM to start accurately measuring its total greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint The ECMP Action Plan sets out comprehensive actions to reduce GHG emissions, to be taken forward by LSHTM’s support teams, academic schools and their research programmes with the aim of achieving net-zero by 2030, across all emissions scopes 1, 2 and 3 The comprehensive plan reviews everything from the food served in university canteens to the emissions of buildings and business travel.

Results

The overall work programme has been recognised as an innovative roadmap in the Higher Education Sector towards achieving net-zero by 2030 covering energy and building infrastructure, transport and supply chain emissions It represents a step-change in action on climate change The success of this plan will require ongoing commitment from all at LSHTM to make a real difference, but the initial reaction from all stakeholders has been extremely positive.

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