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Gender equality is necessary for sustainable development. Yet, less than a third of researchers are women. International Day Women & Girls in Science (IDWGIS) is taking place on 11th February 2023 and aims to promote equal access and participation of females in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly eight years ago and implemented by UNESCO and UN Women.

This year, IDWGIS will focus on several Sustainable Development Goals – SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 9 (industry, innovation, and infrastructure), SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities) and SDG17 (means of implementation) – while following up on discussions on water held last year. The aim is to connect the International Community to Women and Girls in Science, strengthening the ties between science, policy, and society.

Visit Women in Science Day to learn more and register to get involved.

Croydon will be the London Borough of Culture for 2023. The programme of planned events can be found on This is Croydon website.

Launched by the Mayor of London in 2017, the London Borough of Culture award promotes culture and diversity of London’s boroughs by making culture accessible to everyone. Do keep an eye out for upcoming events which will include international headliners, as well as events featuring Croydon’s local talent and local cultural community activities. Don’t miss out, sign up to the mailing list here.

Why not commit to a new year’s resolution by joining the cargo bike revolution?

If you are based in Brixton, you can still sign up for our Clean Air Freight project.

This means you can get:

deliveries sent off-site to our storage space
deliveries FOR FREE at a time that’s convenient for you by friendly cargo bike couriers Pedal Me
bulk-buying discounts so it fills up our storage space!
cleaner air in Brixton

Sign up for our project by emailing CRP Senior Project Officer Isidora at isidorariveravollmer@crossriverpartnership.org or calling on 07929 868 879.

Join us for CRP’s next event, CRP Conversations: Property Stewardship on the High Street, delivered in collaboration with Property X-Change.

This Conversation will explore how different types of organisations can promote proactive management and stewardship of high street property to create more resilient and dynamic places.

Expert place makers Gianluca Rizzo (Brixton BID) and Stephanie Edwards (Urban Symbiotics) will be presenting on their experiences working in high streets, both in Brixton and engaging communities. They will be sharing examples of positive place management in such dynamic areas of London.

Rachael Aldridge (CRP) will be recapping lessons learned about place stewardship from CRP’s Town Centre Futures report by Centre for London and its 10 case studies. These insights span transport, economic, environmental and community aspects of Town Centres.

There’s still time to register to attend!

On 15 November, Westminster City Council and the Westminster Property Association officially launched the Sustainable City Charter. Small and medium business participants in the Sustainable City Charter can apply to get a year’s free license for Climate Essentials, a digital platform that enables businesses to track their carbon emissions. They will also get one on one support from the Climate Essentials team to create a carbon reduction plan, helping them reducing emissions and energy costs and meet their Charter commitments.
Find out more and apply here.

CRP has developed a variety of reports in 2022, including:

Over the past year, CRP has revamped or developed four tools to help Londoners live and work more sustainably.

bizcargobikeguide.london is a resource aimed at London small and medium businesses who are considering using cargo bikes and want to understand what it entails.
clickcollect.london has been updated with current couriers as well as new feature which shows the active travel time to each pickup point.
sustainablesteps.london helps small business owners tackle sustainability by addressing one manageable task at a time.
transportemissions.london helps fleet operators estimate emissions from the trips around London by road, river or rail. It also provides a “snapshot” of emissions generated by traffic in a specified location.

The tools were developed as part of the Technology Strand of Clean Air Villages 4 project which was funded by Defra and led by Westminster City Council in collaboration with 26 partners. Read about the other strands, Consolidation, Distribution, Mode and Policy here.

The CRP Board meets twice annually and is attended by senior representatives from its 32 partner organisations. Meetings were held on 1st March and 20th September 2022 and were co-chaired by Simon Pitkeathley, CEO, Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and

Councillor Keith Bottomley, Deputy Chairman of the Policy & Resources Committee, Chairman of the Port Health & Environmental Services Committee and Chairman of the Communications & Corporate Affairs Committee at the City of London Corporation.

At Board meetings, partners are provided with updates on programmes and project delivery, both existing and upcoming, approve the partnership’s annual report and business plan as well as agree strategic decisions.

CRP were also extremely delighted to welcome two new Board partners during the year. Both Eastern City BID and Fleet Street Quarter BID joined as a new partners and Board members.

For more information, please contact CRP Operations Manager Carol Quamina, carolquamina@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP has successfully completed three programmes with its public and private sector partners during the calendar year 2022, two funded by the Mayor of London and one by central government department Defra.

Healthy Streets Everyday worked with 17 of London’s boroughs to remove polluting traffic from our streets, and to support more walking and cycling, plus lots more green infrastructure (including pocket parks and rain gardens). Please see the final report here.

Clean Air Thames retrofitted two vessels to emit less harmful pollutants into the air that customers and employees breathe, including the Port of London Authority’s Driftwood II vessel.

Clean Air Villages 4 delivered a suite of Air Quality improvements with 26 London partners, including delivering Cargo Bike schemes with the London Borough of Barnet, Camden Town Unlimited BID, London Borough of Lewisham and London Borough of Merton.

Many thanks to all our funders and partners! We look forward to collaborating further during 2023!

CRP Director Susannah Wilks, susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP have now expanded the number of traffic monitoring sensors from 5 to 9 in the South Bank BID area, providing more detail and support to the South Bank BID on movements of people and vehicles in the area.

This is providing South Bank BID with:

A clear understanding of the numbers of pedestrians, cyclists, cars, vans, lorries and buses
Estimated emissions from CRP’s Transport Emissions Calculator
Analysis of how movements of people, cyclists and vehicles change throughout the day
Rigorous data cleansing and identifying of anomalies
Easy to understand and accessible analysis and writing that identifies potential reasons for changes in values
Clear evidence and data for their public realm decision-making

If you’d like to hear more about CRP’s data analysis and monitoring services, please contact CRP Sustainable Transport Manager Ross Phillips, rossphillips@crossriverpartnership.org.

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