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GREENING DTI
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:
More information on this programme can be found at the Sustainable
Development in Government website.
DTI's Sustainable Minister is Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister for
Energy.
DTI'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.
The effectiveness of DTI's procedures for environmental screening
and appraisal of policies has been reviewed. Revised guidelines
will be published here shortly.
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 DTI's actions towards reaching
them.
Part A: Overarching Commitments
Part B: Travel
Part C: Water
Part D: Waste
Part E: Energy
Part F: Procurement
Part G: Estates Management
Part H: Biodiversity
Part I: Social Impacts (not yet published)
DTI's Information and Workplace Services Directorate run an
environmental management system accredited to ISO 14001 covering
DTI's HQ buildings. Their
environmental policy statement sets out its environmental
objectives in the running of the estate.
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