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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
British (England - Cockney, Estuary, East End) British (General) Indian (Hinglish)Transcript
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Addressing climate change is an urgent and complex challenge. And at barclays were determined to play our part. Barclays was one of the first banks to announce an ambition to be a net zero bank by 2050. And we have a strategy to turn this ambition into action. A key part of our strategy is achieving net zero operations and reducing supply chain emissions. Let's start with our approach to net zero operations, which follows two key principles. The first is replacing our reliance on fossil fuels with low emission alternatives. The second is reducing waste and improving energy efficiency. So let's take a look at our progress so far to replace our reliance on fossil fuels. We have signed a 10 year power purchase agreement with global energy giant BP to source a large proportion of our UK electricity demand from newly created renewable sources. We are using low carbon technologies such as air source heat pumps and solar panels to power our buildings in campuses such as Glasgow and pune And we are transitioning our vehicle fleet to electric in the UK over 40% are already electric. We are also making strides in reducing waste and improving energy efficiency. For example, in Glasgow, we introduced a food and beverage reusable program that avoided 11,500 containers from going to waste