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Greening The Department for Business, Enterprise & regulatory Reform - Sustainable Development in Government

The Government is committed to integrating the environment and wider sustainable development considerations into decision making at all levels.

This work is taken forward by a Cabinet Sub Committee - ENV(SD) - which comprises each department's "Sustainable Development Minister". Sustainable Development Ministers have identified three priority areas for their future work programme:

  • Integrating sustainable development into decision making
  • Improving the performance of the Government Estate
  • Promoting understanding of sustainable development across Government

More information on this programme can be found at the Sustainable Development in Government website.

Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform's (BERR) Sustainable Minister is Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for Energy.

Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform's priority is to ensure that environmental concerns are brought into the mainstream of the Department's policy-making and operational management, within the wider context of promoting sustainable development.

Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate

The Framework is the main vehicle for improving the performance of the Government estate and will eventually cover all key environmental and social aspects of running departments. Full details of the framework are available at the Sustainable Development in Government website.

The Framework will set targets covering seven areas. The links below describe these targets (where published) and BERR's actions towards reaching them.

Framework for sustainable development on the Government estate - overarching commitment Framework for sustainable development on the Government estate - Travel
Framework for sustainable development on the Government estate - Water Framework for sustainable development on the Government estate - Waste

Energy                    

Procurement

DTI head quarter estate management strategy Framework for sustainable development on the Government estate - Biodiversity

Social Impacts (not yet published)

BERR's Information and Workplace Services Directorate run an environmental management system accredited to ISO 14001 covering BERR's HQ buildings.

BERR HQ Estate Waste Strategy

Waste management is a Departmental and Governmental priority; BERR is required to report its total waste arisings annually (FY Apr-Mar) under the Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) Agenda.

 

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