Theme 4: Business, Environment and Economy
Overall aim of evidence theme
To provide evidence that can be used at a strategic and local level within Defra on the contribution of businesses to the UK’s environmental impact and their role in moving the UK towards sustainable consumption and production.
Areas of work:
- Sustainable Finance (unless project is developed within SCP programme specifically)
- Sustainable businesses – resource efficiency, management, reporting
- Sectoral analysis, measurement of impacts by business and development of tools
- Env. Regulation & Productivity
- Business behaviour change
- Innovation and Technology
External interested parties:
- DBERR (Technology Programme, Innovation platforms), EIU, HMT and OGDs
- Environment Agency
- Better Regulation Executive, Better Regulation Commission
- CBI, Trade associations, EIC, small businesses
- UNEP, OECD, EC, WBCSD, WRI, IMV (Danish environment assessment institute
- IEMA, GRI, ACCA, UKSIF
- Think-tanks, non-governmental organisations (e.g. Forum for the Future, WWF etc)
When reports have been published a link will be included to them on the relevant webpages listed below:
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