Environment Improvements

Improving Fareham's environment is something that the Council takes very seriously. After all, the vast majority of its staff are also residents, who want it to be the best that it can be.

The Council has committed to becoming carbon neutral across all its buildings and services by 2030 to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, and you can find more information about this here.

However, 'environment' incorporates so much more than carbon reduction. That's why the Council has produced an update to its magazine entitled 'Fareham's Greener Future' (64 MB), which sets out the work that has been put into improving Fareham's lived-in environment since its first publication in March 2024.

Fareham's Greener Future highlights the Council's work to preserve and improve Fareham's environment as well as some of the recent achievements that have been made. Since the last publication of Fareham's Greener Future, for example, the Council has made significant progress with the implementation of projects designed to reduce the Council's own carbon emissions, as well as to lower the energy bills of its tenants, support the local wildlife and help the wider Fareham community with education and support.

The publication also outlines, in response to Local Government Reorganisation, how the Council has changed the delivery speed of some of its environmental projects to make sure they are complete or well underway when it is expected to hand over to the new Unitary Authority in April 2028.