Staff Travel

We are also taking steps to reduce emissions from staff travel across the Diocese. This includes encouraging more sustainable travel choices, such as public transport, car sharing, and active travel where possible, as well as making greater use of online meetings to reduce unnecessary journeys. By being mindful of how and when we travel, we can lower our carbon footprint while continuing to work effectively and support our communities.

A word from our Head of Property and Glebe

The diocese manages the land to provide an income for the diocese to help continue the delivery of mission and ministry of the church, and do so in as an environmentally conscious way as possible.

James Millard, Head of Property and Glebe explains, “Much of the land we own is rural or very rural and is, by nature, a very low carbon producer. We do what we can to manage the remainder of the portfolio so it is as carbon neutral as possible, with the cooperation of our tenants.

With land parcels ranging in size from 0.2 to 184 acres, in rural settings, villages and towns, this is no easy task. In the current financial climate, we are also seeking to manage our land portfolio to support income generation. We seek to integrate environmental responsibility into our management processes whenever opportunities allow.

While we do at times sell land for commercial or residential development, we also seek out opportunities which offer an environmental benefit, such as a recent sale to Natural England of land in Moorlinch, which provided a valuable bridge between two pieces of their land to support local wildlife and their environment schemes. We also seek to rent out land to tenants who manage their land in a carbon-efficient way and support them with any environmental improvements or initiatives they seek to put in place."