Carbon literacy training for senior councillors and staff
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Dear West Sussex County Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about your council’s carbon literacy training in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information may be held by the HR department or other departments that organise staff training.
In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:
a. Have all senior management received carbon literacy training or equivalent since 1st January 2019? Please state the type of training.
b. Have all current councillors in the cabinet or committee chairs received carbon literacy training or equivalent since being elected? Please state the type of training.
This training could be from the Carbon Literacy Organisation or another organisation, university or in-house. We want to know the number of people who have attended the training. We don’t need to know the number of staff that have received a certificate of completion or attendance.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
Dear Climate Emergency UK
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Dear Climate Emergency UK,
Our Ref: FOI/00004708
On 16/01/2023 you made the following request for information, which has
been dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
FOI Re: Carbon literacy training for senior councillors and staff
We have now completed a search for the information which you requested and
confirm that this authority holds data relevant to your request.
The response to your request is as follows:
a. Have all senior management received carbon literacy training or
equivalent since 1st January 2019? Please state the type of training.
Not all senior officers have received carbon literacy training. The
following officers have received training since 1st January 2019
(certified Carbon Literate in bold).
• Lee Harris (Director - Place)*
• Matt Davey (Assistant Director of Highways, Transport & Planning)
• Andrew Edwards (Assistant Director of Property & Assets)
• Peter Rickard (Assistant Chief Fire Officer)
• Sarah Sturrock (Assistant Chief Executive)
• Steve Read (Assistant Director of Environment & Public Protection)
* Online carbon literacy training for Lee Harris provided by APSE on
behalf of the County Council
b. Have all current councillors in the cabinet or committee chairs
received carbon literacy training or equivalent since being elected?
Please state the type of training.
Not all cabinet members or committee chairs have received carbon literacy
training. The following members have received carbon literacy training
from WSCC in-house (certified Carbon Literate in bold).
• Stuart Condie
• Pieter Montyn
• Natalie Pudaloff
• Sarah Payne
• Stephen Hillier
• Simon Oakley
• Sarah Sharp
• Paul Marshall
• Joy Dennis
• John Milne
• Ian Gibson
• Deborah Urquhart
• Andrew Kerry-Bedell
• Alison Cooper
• Brian Quinn
So far, 428 employees have also attended WSCC's in-house carbon literacy
training.
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