Enköping is investing in transition arenas at several levels, purposeful efforts and a culture where sustainability permeates both the municipal organization and the city.
By integrating sustainability issues into its core activities, Enköping Municipality is acting proactively in the climate transition, and the municipality is investing in creating a culture where sustainability permeates both the municipal organization and the city. The municipality works, among other things, with the role and potential of small businesses, urban planning where the sustainability goals are reflected, reduced energy consumption and the influence of attitudes and behaviors for sustainable travel.
Fundamental to the transition in Enköping is to set ambitious targets and develop a clear strategy for how to achieve these targets. During the spring, the municipality carried out an extensive benchmarking process and identified the best climate strategies by comparing targets, measures and indicators from other municipalities and cities. This resulted in insights that now form the basis for developing the municipality's own climate strategy.
The Transition Arena in Enköping serves as an internal forum where managers and expert employees from the municipality's administrations, companies and municipal associations come together. The task is to develop a carbon budget that is integrated into business planning and ensures that the municipality's own operations lead the transition in a structured and systematic way. Enköping is also determined to lead the transition by establishing a transition arena that unites the municipal organization and the business community in joint climate work.
Enköping's project portfolio includes a number of strategic initiatives to accelerate the transition towards climate neutrality. Among other things, major development work has begun in the planning process, to set the agenda at an early stage for what the sustainability goals of the districts should be and that these goals are reflected in the master plan, planning program and detailed plans. The municipality is also developing its work in the land and development process to meet climate challenges and ensure sustainable urban development. By introducing sustainable land allocations and providing clear guidance for sustainable construction, requirements are set for construction actors to also follow the municipality's climate goals and prioritize long-term sustainable solutions.
The Traffic and Mobility Unit is alsoworking broadly in the mobility area with a particular focus on charging infrastructure, where the municipality has now developed a vehicle conversion plan for the municipality's car fleet; VA participates in collaborative projects with RISE and Mälardalen University, where several VA organizations share experiences and disseminate good examples to promote knowledge exchange; and Enköping has signed sustainability pledges within the framework of the County Administrative Board's action program for environmental goals.
In the city's latest update, they talk about the work, the transition arena, the project portfolio and much more.
Maria Nordling, process manager for Climate Neutral Enköping 2030, maria.nordling@enkoping.se
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