Greening Government Commitments 2016-2020
- Kristina Markina
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min read
This document clarifies the reporting requirements under the Greening Government Commitments 2016-2020. The UK government recognises the environmental, social and financial benefits from leaner, greener operations, estate management and procurement. The 2020 Greening Government Commitments programme sets out the UK government’s commitments for delivering sustainable operations and procurement by 2020.
Compared to a 2009-10 baseline, by 2019-20, the government will:
• cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 32% from the whole estate and UK business transport, with bespoke targets applying to each department
• reduce the number of domestic business flights taken by 30% (excluding MOD front line command flights)
• reduce waste sent to landfill to less than 10% of overall waste; continue to reduce the amount of waste generated and increase the proportion of waste which is recycled
• reduce paper consumption by 50%
• continue to further reduce water consumption. Each department will set internal targets and continue to improve on the reductions they had made by 2014-15
In dissertation, it was used to create a context around sustainability in the UK.
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