The Environment Agency (EA) looks after over 5000 kilometers of coastline and main rivers principally in England and is responsible, in particular, for flood and coastal risk management. To fulfil its goal of promoting low carbon solutions it created the ‘ERIC’ Carbon Planning Tool, which provides a mechanism for assessing carbon over the whole life of built assets.
The EA’s ‘e:Mission’ target plan sets out targets until 2020. This includes reducing capital carbon by 40 percent and operational carbon by 45 percent. The aim is to promote low carbon solutions and incentivize the Environment Agency’s suppliers through carbon target setting.