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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and his team at City Hall want to work with businesses to help deliver a green recovery from this pandemic and make London a zero carbon city. London’s commercial and industrial buildings make up 36% of London’s carbon footprint, or around 11 million tonnes of greenhouse gases. To create the future we want, we’re going to need to work together to bring that number right down.

The Mayor of London wants to help businesses reduce energy consumption in your buildings, which will lower the impact on the environment and save you money, and have a transformative effect on the capital. In less than ten minutes, help us understand how we can tackle this climate emergency together: Take the survey now, before it closes on 13th November.

Please fill out this short survey.

October marks Black History Month in the UK, giving people the opportunity to share, celebrate and understand the impact of black heritage and culture. It was first celebrated in the UK in October 1987, and was the initiative of Ghanaian analyst Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, who had worked as a co-ordinater of special projects for the Greater London Council. Black History Month has never been more relevant than in 2020. CRP’s accountable body Westminster City Council have been celebrating Black History Month with a programme of virtual events, including a The WCC Archives and Black History Studies and The Cultural Book Club. Black History should be celebrated this month, and every month.

Not interested in shopping via Amazon Prime? Want to shop local to help your high street? Independent retailers give our city diversity and set communities apart, and many have moved online to accommodate their customer base. Why not try using The CRP Clean Air Villages Directory?

CRP’s Directory encourages shopping local and lists a variety of different businesses, all delivering by zero or ultra-low emission modes. Edie Rose deliver beautiful, seasonal flowers to North London via bike, hybrid vehicle and foot, with a click and collect option too. If it’s refills that you’re after, TOPUP TRUCK sells groceries, bathroom and household products without packaging, via old electric milk float, to the Clean Air Villages of Seven Sisters Junction (London Borough of Haringey) and Angel Town Centre (Angel BID). Mai Thai Wimbledon has been serving the local community for 35 years and offer a zero-emission take away service!

To see brilliant examples of how ultra-low emission modes of delivery can change business models for the better, take a look at CRP’s Clean Air Villages 2 case studies.

Air pollution is not just a central London problem, with many areas still exceeding the legal limits for pollution across the city. That is why from 25th October 2021, the central London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding to create a single, larger zone up to the North Circular Road (A406) and South Circular Road (A205). The North and South Circular Roads themselves are not in the zone. This is part of the commitment by the Mayor and TfL to help every Londoner breathe cleaner air.

Check if your vehicle meets the ULEZ emission standards.

It has now been 8 weeks since the resumption of CRP’s cargo bike trial in Deptford, one of the many solutions implemented as part of CRP’s Clean Air Villages project. The partnership in Deptford with London Borough of Lewisham, and cargo bike couriers ecofleet, has enabled two brilliant businesses to regular use the cargo bike to deliver to customers and businesses in South London, as well as collect stock.

The cargo bike trial is continuing in Deptford and CRP are still keen for businesses to have a go at making their deliveries and collections in the local area. Lai Loi and Lomond Coffee are currently using the cargo bike service! If you would like to know more or take part in the trial, please email CRP Project Officer Ross Phillips.

Lai Loi, an Asian supermarket on Deptford High Street, has used the cargo bike to deliver to customers locally to accompany a new local and social media approach to their business. Recipes were posted on social media channels to their audiences and delivered to local customers on the cargo bike.

Lomond Coffee, a coffee shop and roastery in Deptford Market Yard, have found they have saved significant time from utilising the cargo bike. COVID-19 shifted the shop towards delivering more to customers and some coffee shops, and they can deliver across South London with the cargo bike. This has also freed up the business owners time to focus on running the business, instead of being stuck in traffic.

Last month we announced CRP’s exciting collaboration with environmental data collective Tranquil City to map 15 new Clean Air Routes in London as part of the Defra-funded Clean Air Villages project.

13 out of 14 teaching hospitals in Greater London have levels of PM2.5 above the WHO’s recommended limit, according to a report by the British Lung Foundation. Five of the new Clean Air Routes have been developed to support patients and staff to reduce their exposure to air pollution when getting to and from hospitals around London. This includes one of the biggest children’s hospitals in the country, Great Ormond Street Hospital (London Borough of Camden), as well as major NHS teaching hospitals, St. George’s in Tooting (London Borough of Wandsworth), St. Thomas’ near Waterloo (London Borough of Lambeth), and King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill (London Borough of Lambeth).

Using portable Aeroqual monitors, the team are measuring levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter along the Clean Air Routes. These will provide an alternative to main roads and areas with poorer air quality, allowing people to enjoy a cleaner and less stressful journey.

We will be sharing the results towards the end of November and the new routes will be available on CRP’s Clean Air Route Finder very soon. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest release and share the #CleanAirRoutes you use!

For more information, please get in touch with CRP Air Quality Analysis Officer Abby McDougall.

The transition to environmentally sustainable and socially just mobilities places emphasis on improving inclusion and access to transport for everyone. However, in order to make our transport and mobilities more inclusive, it is important to understand the challenges experienced by those that face mobility and transport injustice.

CRP’s Healthy Streets Everyday (HSE) Programme is pleased to announce an upcoming Guidance Document that will explore several stories of mobility (in)justice faced by individuals with a disability or mobility impairment. By providing a voice to the everyday experiences of these individuals, we hope to raise awareness of the variety of considerations that need to be taken in order to make transport and mobility truly accessible for everyone. CRP and its partners are extremely grateful to the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund for making this Guidance Document possible.

For more information about HSE, please contact CRP Project Manager Fiona Coull.

The CRP Clean Air Villages (CAV) team has been busy engaging with communities & businesses and implementing solutions in all 16 villages. Across London, the CAV team has contacted over 235 businesses to offer support and help find new solutions for their current challenges.

The Air Quality Ambassador Programme with City of London Corporation has launched and is already recruiting ambassadors, with the first workshop in the next few weeks to train those who have signed up! CRP have launched cargo bike trials in Deptford (London Borough of Lewisham), Wimbledon (London Borough of Merton), Tooting (London Borough of Wandsworth) and Richmond (London Borough of Richmond upon Thames), with businesses taking advantage of free hours to have cleaner local deliveries. CRP have also completed the monitoring of 15 Clean Air Walking routes and current transport levels in the air quality hot spots are being understood via Vivacity cameras.

For more information, please contact CRP Senior Project Officer Laura Jacklin.

CRP’s next LiveShare in the series is on Thursday 29th October, 2pm – City of Culture: Re-starting the night-time economy – register here! London, a 24-hour city, has a night-time economy which employs 1.6 million people, and nationally it is the UK’s fifth-biggest industry, accounting for annual revenues of £66 billion.

Within this interactive discussion, we’ll be hearing from industry experts Amy Lamé, London’s first ever Night Czar, and Nic Durston, Chief Executive at South Bank BID. Join the event to discuss London’s cultural and creative industry recovery, highlighting the history of London’s iconic venues and nightlife, as well as the importance of a green recovery that tackles air quality and everyone’s exposure to harmful pollutants. CRP will also be showcasing the Illuminated River project, which is an inspiration for lighting London sustainably as well as a COVID-friendly, outdoor cultural installation.

If you are not able to make a session, don’t worry! All of our LiveShares are posted on the CRP YouTube channel for you to view and share whenever you like. Remember to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to receive all our LiveShare updates and upcoming sessions. We hope to see you very soon!

For more information, please contact CRP Guidance Manager Tomos Joyce.

In 1854, 400,000 people walked into the City of London every day. These walks weren’t the final leg of a journey from a mainline station: they were the entire commute. Londoners and visitors to it still love to walk, but we walk much shorter distances. The average walk-all-the-way trip across London is less than 1km. This has got to change. Walking more and further is critical to tackle our health, pollution and climate crises, and to avoid contagion and relieve pressure on roads and public transport.

London Living Streets and Urban Good, with funding from TfL, has launched Central London Footways: a printed and online map that will prompt Londoners and visitors to walk longer distances (20 to 30 minutes) on everyday journeys. The advisory group that supported this included CRP, officers from the Central London boroughs and input from many BIDs. The map connects London’s important destinations, mainline stations, and green spaces. This is about getting people from A to B, but in the most enjoyable and healthy way possible, using historic streets, avoiding polluted, often Victorian, main roads, and providing wonderful views of the capital’s many remarkable buildings.

The map also aims to create new ways of looking at walking. It shows how quickly journeys can be walked: Euston to the British Museum through leafy Bloomsbury in 19 minutes, compared to 17minutes by taxi and 16 by public transport. It seeks to join up the many new public realm improvements, for example from Trafalgar Square to the Museum via low traffic Seven Dials and traffic-free Princes’ Circus. Footways will make sure Londoners make the most of these transformations. And it aims to encourage exploration on foot of streets containing thousands of listed buildings as part of day to day journeys.

More people walking also means busier streets, which supports the economy and creates commercial opportunities for London’s businesses. People walking spend 40 per cent more in town centres over the course of a month than car drivers.

For more information, please see here or contact Footways London via email/Twitter.

Archives: News Articles

Business Energy Efficiency Survey

Black History Month

Shop Local: Showcasing Directory Businesses

The Ultra Low Emission Zone is expanding from 25th October 2021. Have you checked your vehicle?

Deptford’s Clean Air Villages cargo bike trial

Helping London to choose Clean Air Routes

Look out for the new Healthy Street Everyday Guidance Document on Mobility Justice

Clean Air Villages – What has the team been up to?

LiveShare 10 – City of Culture: Re-starting the night-time economy

Central London Footways