Sustainable development tools launched
A package of tools have been launched today to help Government departments and the wider public sector make sustainable development more a part of everyday working.
The package includes:
- an interactive policy tool Stretching the Web which is a simple graphic, based on the Better Regulation Executive’s Impact Assessment, to help policymakers and project managers integrate sustainable development into their work;
- a game Stockwatch which allows the player to practise how to think sustainably in a simulated situation; and
- a film The Bigger Picture which looks at how sustainable development works in Defra. It focuses on three case studies in which Defra policy has contributed to SD, and shows how the Department is already changing to integrate these principles into its work.
Environment Minister, Phil Woolas said:
“Identifying the positive and negative economic, social and environmental aspects of a policy at an early stage of development is important to ensure that it will be sustainable. Encouraging all Government departments and public sector organisations to use these tools will improve policy making across the board.”
Defra has also published a sustainable events guide today. This has been developed to encourage event organisers to think about the social, economic and environmental impacts from the start of organising their event, both in-house or through contractors.
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Page published: 26 October 2007