CPA Bulletin

www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > August 2021 7 FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE To help achieve the UK’s net zero emissions target, it’s vital that the construction plant sector and the wider construction industry play our collective part in the overall, significant reduction of carbon emissions that is being mandated by government. We are fully committed to these reductions and we are becoming fully engaged on the ambitious and transformational change programme required to meet the challenges that society and government expects from our sector, whilst ensuring it is carried out in a pragmatic and sustainable way. CPA has become a partner of the Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) CO2nstructZero programme to help bring people and organisations together to consolidate collective actions and plans for the sector to help maximise the impact we can make. As well as bringing forward solutions, we have an important role in ensuring that all proposals and plans for our sector are realistic, achievable and evidence-driven. Our overarching goal is to help drive change by sharing collective solutions that everyone can help to achieve. The theme of the forthcoming CPA Conference on 14th October 2021 is ‘Net Zero Carbon, and Digitalisation: The Challenge of Change for the Plant Sector’ and this will no doubt stimulate interesting and relevant discussion on the subject of net zero carbon. Delegate tickets are available on the CPA website. Website At time of writing, the CPA website is due for launch in a new updated and revised form. I hope that you find it easier to navigate - we have added a lot of information in areas that weren’t envisaged when the old one was made. Meetings From September onwards we are preparing for the return of physical CPA meetings. We will need to put some risk control measures in place, and will be ready to quickly reverse out to a Zoom meeting. We will also allow for Members to Zoom in on screen if they choose not to travel - or can’t. Countdown to Zero