Suffolk County Council
Fund projects that help make Suffolk safer, cleaner and more sustainable.
For decades, local governments in Suffolk have been working to create a more sustainable future for Suffolk residents. Now Suffolk County Council are inviting you to join the movement by launching the Sustainable Suffolk Investment. They are initially looking to raise up to £1 million to help fund projects that will help to cut Suffolk’s carbon emissions and in turn make Suffolk a greener and cleaner place to live. And through the Sustainable Suffolk Investment you can help make that vision a reality.
These projects will be delivered by Suffolk County Council as part of Sustainable Suffolk – an initiative involving all of Suffolk’s councils (district, borough and county) and the Police and Public Health services in Suffolk, who are all are working together to create a more sustainable county for its current residents and future generations.
This is a chance for local people to have an active role in combatting the climate crisis in Suffolk. Local people will be able to both reap the benefits that the projects have on our county and receive a monetary return on their investment. Additionally, as this method of funding projects is more cost-effective for councils, investing makes taxpayer money in our county go further.
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How your money will be used
The money invested in the first phase of the Sustainable Suffolk Investment will be used to install energy-efficient upgrades at such council-owned sites to lower carbon emissions from utilities. These are expected to include installation of solar panels and efficient electric heating systems such as heat pumps. The projects are being delivered as part of Suffolk County Council's Climate Emergency Capital Programme and are scheduled to be delivered between April 2026 and March 2027.
Tackling climate change in partnership across the county
All councils in Suffolk have acknowledged the climate emergency, with commitments that include both reducing carbon emissions for their own estates and operations and working with partners across the county and region (including the LEP, Health, Police, and the Public Sector Leaders) towards the aspiration of a net zero Suffolk by 2030.
Suffolk’s Local Authorities have been working together with other organisations locally on county-wide climate change project work since 2007 through the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership (SCCP). Building on this, since 2021 all Suffolk’s public sector organisations have been collaborating on the delivery of the Suffolk Climate Emergency Plan.
