Manchester City Council has topped the league of public organisations which are slashing their carbon emissions.

The City Council has come in at number one in the Environment Agency's Carbon Reduction Commitment table of public sector organisations which have become more environmentally friendly over the last year, and has come in at number four overall.

The position means that the City Council has beaten the Department for Communities and Local Government, named at number eight, and the Department of Energy and Climate Change, which came in at number 153.

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The table was based on a range of factors including emission figures, measured in tonnes of CO2, and the percentage change in emissions from the previous year.

Departments across the City Council have also begun recording information about what they are doing to become more environmentally friendly, including work being done to make buildings ranging from offices to children’s homes become more efficient.

Other measures include installing smart meters in depots and offices, helping reduce fuel bills by ensuring managers can measure how much energy is being used.

Cllr Nigel Murphy, Manchester City Council's executive member for the environment, said: "We have become one of the first councils to embed low carbon thinking at the heart of everything we do, from developing services to monitoring what each department is doing to cut emissions."

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