Corporate Environmental Policy

South Bedfordshire District Council is one of the key service providers and largest employers in the district. In the light of this, we recognise that we have a vital role to play in delivering a better quality of life and environment for everyone in South Bedfordshire, now and for future generations. In order to take this forward, we are committed to achieve continuous environmental improvement in all our activities and services. We will strive to reduce our own impacts and make every effort to work with our community.

The Corporate Projects and Performance Team at South Bedfordshire District Council lead on EMAS (Eco - Management and Audit Scheme) and can be contacted by telephone on 0845 849 6090, or e-mail councilplan@southbeds.gov.uk.

Reducing our environmental impact

We are doing this by adopting a formal environmental management system.  This sets out practical and specific objectives to make sure that environmental considerations are integrated into day to day management.

We will apply the following working principles in delivering our Environmental Policy:

1. Promote awareness and a sense of environmental responsibility amongst employees, Councillors and local residents - leading by example
2. Liaise and co-ordinate throughout the authority and with other organisations on environmental issues
3. Assess the environmental impact of all existing and proposed activities, policies and practices
4. Take steps to review and manage all significant environmental effects
5. Provide environmental information and encourage open dialogue on environmental issues within our community
6. Encourage and work with our contractors to help them apply environmental standards equivalent to our own
7. Seek to prevent pollution and environmental accidents from our activities
8. Comply and where possible, exceed the requirements of all relevant environmental legislation
9. Provide budgets and resources for environmental improvements, where economically viable to do so
10. Set up monitoring procedures to ensure compliance with this Policy
11. Secure continuous environmental improvements
12. Report performance and set publicly available objectives and targets
13. Periodically review our policy through the Committee process

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Environmental Aims

Contact

If you would like to find out more about our EMAS Project, or, if you have ideas or comments, please contact:

Corporate Project and Performance Team,
South Bedfordshire District Council,
The District Offices,
High Street North,
Dunstable,
Bedfordshire, LU6 1LF

Telephone: 0845 849 6090

Email:councilplan@southbeds.gov.uk