By 2025, all education settings, including early years settings, are required to have a sustainability lead and a climate action plan, as outlined in the UK's Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, the key requirements of which are:
The Department for Education (DfE) has issued non-statutory guidance to help those involved in implementing this strategy, but there is a lot to think about here, especially at a time when many nurseries are already struggling with the increase in National Insurance contributions, statutory wage increases and lack of government funding.
Cheryl Hadland (pictured) is founder and managing director of Tops Day Nurseries. She feels the Climate Action Plan initiative will prove 
more work for nurseries with little benefit for children.
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