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The Chancellor of the Exchequer's departments and agencies all contribute to the Government's objectives on sustainable development to ensure:
Our policies, operational responsibilities and day to day activities have a major impact on society, the economy and the environment. We contribute to the Government's central economic objective to raise the economy's sustainable rate of growth, and achieve rising prosperity, through the creation of economic and employment opportunities. Jointly we employ over 86,000 people and occupy over 1,500 facilities throughout the United Kingdom.
As large employers and key government bodies we intend to increase our understand of sustainability issues and implement strategies to raise awareness, so that together we can strive for a better quality of life for all.
In order to minimise adverse impacts when carrying out our day to day activities, we are committed to:
We intend to reduce our main environmental and social impacts through improvements in:
In particular we will:
We will review and communicate our progress in supporting this policy annually.
John Healey
Green Minister - Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departments, September 2002
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