{"id":48859,"date":"2021-03-30T05:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=48859"},"modified":"2021-03-30T05:44:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:14:50","slug":"ambulance-victoria-emissions-mb1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ambulance-victoria-emissions-mb1934\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambulance Victoria Brings Forward Net Zero Emissions Target"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ambulance<\/p>\n

Ambulance Victoria (AV) announced on Friday it is raising the bar on reaching net zero carbon emissions for its operations.<\/p>\n

In July last year, AV CEO Assoc Prof Tony Walker ASM commented that Ambulance Victoria’s commitment to giving its best to communities also included addressing certain issues that impact them, such as climate change.<\/p>\n

He mentioned the previous summer’s bushfires and its effects; including smoke from the fires blanketing Melbourne and regional cities that led to a spike in calls for help for breathing problems.<\/p>\n

“The fact that I keep coming back to with every catastrophic weather or health event: climate change is not only an environmental and economic issue \u2013 climate change is a health issue,” said Assoc Prof Walker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also mentioned a goal for Ambulance Victoria to source 100% of its energy requirements from renewable sources by 2025 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. At the beginning of July 2020 AV’s larger sites switched to 100% GreenPower sourced from a wind farm, knocking AV’s emissions down 7% with that single action.<\/p>\n

Net Zero Five Years Earlier<\/h2>\n

Acknowledging and agreeing with the World Health Organisation’s assessment that climate change presents the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, AV has now set the bar higher.<\/p>\n

“As one of Victoria\u2019s most trusted services, we not only think we should do better, we know we must do better,” stated Mr. Walker<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The organisation has now pledged the following reduction targets for its Scope 1 and 2 emissions1<\/a><\/sup>:<\/p>\n