The Environment Agency's Objectives and Contribution to Sustainable Development: Statutory Guidance
This statutory guidance:
- sets out the principles which the Environment Agency should follow in deciding its priorities
- states the objectives the Government has set for the Agency to pursue over the next few years
- identifies its roles in contributing to the achievement of sustainable development.
The Environment Agency's Objectives and Contributions to Sustainable Development: Statutory Guidance (PDF 249 KB)
Contents
- INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT
- PRIORITISATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- Principles for prioritisation
- Accountability
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- Statutory and policy basis
- Agency roles
- Economic and social considerations
- GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES FOR THE AGENCY
- INTERPRETATION OF OBJECTIVES
- Better Regulation
- Climate change, land use planning and regeneration
Page published
16 December 2002
Page last modified
5 December, 2008