Will the Commission authorise additional annual leave days for those employees travelling overseas for holidays by means other than flights, such as rail and coach, to help tackle climate change?
Janet Finch-Saunders MS on behalf of the Senedd Commission:
There are no plans to introduce proposals relating to additional annual leave subject to travel methods.
Senedd Cymru aims to be an exemplar in sustainability and environmental performance. As one of the leading public institutions in Wales, we recognise our responsibility to reduce our impact on the environment and operate in an environmentally responsible manner in all our activities. We have a Carbon Neutral Strategy in place (our third strategy, running until 2030), which contains a range of challenging targets for further reducing our energy use and emissions. It should be noted that the Senedd is operating at half of the carbon footprint we had when we started.