Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (RBG Kew)
The information below gives an overview of the work that RBG Kew does. It shows, separately, the business functions they do, the customer segments they serve and the strategic priorities they contribute to.
This pdf matrix [53KB] cross-references the information. It matches the specific business functions that RBG Kew does to specific customer segments and specific strategic priorities*.
- Type of body
- Executive Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB)
- CEO (or chairman)
- Prof. Steve Hopper
- Website
- www.kew.org
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 208 332 5000
- Link to annual report
- Annual Report
- Number of employees
- 717
- Annual turnover
- £48,000,000
- Body’s own objectives
- The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is: to inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life.
- Kew is developing a global collaborative programme embracing seven key actions that will help retain our major remaining carbon sinks, recover lost plant productivity and carbon sequestration, and assist plant-based adaptation to climate change:
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- Gathering, collating and accelerating global access to essential information on the variety and distribution of the world's plant and fungal species;
- Identifying plant and fungal species and regions of the world most at risk of losing their wild diversity to enable priority setting for conservation programmes;
- Helping implement global plant and fungal conservation programmes such as creation of new sustainably managed areas;
- Extending the Millennium Seed Bank's global partnership programmes to secure in safe storage 25% of the world's plants by 2020;
- Establishing a global network of scientists and practicioners in restoration ecology;
- Expanding plant and fungal diversity knowledge and Kew's innovative science programmes to the identification and successful growth of locally-appropriate species under changing climatic regimes on agricultural, urban and suburban lands;
- Using the high visitation and public interest in Kew and partner botanic gardens as shop-front opportunities to inform and inspire people worldwide.
- Governance structure
- Board of trustees
- Corporate sponsor
- Science, Strategy and International
- Policy sponsor
- Strategy & Evidence Group
- Defra’s strategic priorities
(The body contributes to all the priorities listed below) -
- Climate change and energy
- Sustainable consumption and production
- Protecting the countryside and natural resource protection
- Sustainable rural communities
- A sustainable farming and food sector including animal health and welfare
- Direct customers
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- Primary producers (including farmers and growers)
- Fresh water managers
- Extractive industry
- Energy industry
- Manufacturing
- Non-food growers
- Importers/exporters
- Economic and social enterprise
- Influence groups
- Public bodies
- Business functions
- Data management
- Processes
- Development
- Regulation
- Inspection/compliance/surveillance
- Standard setting
- Investigation/enforcement
- Licensing/certification/registration/tracking
- Research
- Pure scientific research
- Scientific risk assessment
- Applied research
- Advice and publicity
- Policy advice to customers
- Information and facilitation
- Campaigns/publicity/promotions/awareness
- Direct customer handling channels
*This shows activities across Defra's delivery landscape with respect to Defra's published strategic priorities, correct as at 3 August 2007. Defra underwent a Strategy Refresh which will reshape these priorities for the future.
The information contained in these pages is correct to the best of our knowledge as of 25 April 2008 and will be updated at regular intervals. If any information is incorrect or needs updating, please contact drt@defra.gsi.gov.uk.
Page last modified:
25 April 2008