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Ministry of Defence
Key contributions to sustainable development:
1. Placing Sustainable Development at the heart of decision-making. The Department contributes significantly to the delivery of the SDiG strategies, particularly in the areas of acquisition (the Department uses a number of recognised best practice tools), estate management (including promotion of best practice in energy management) and active promotion of access to defence land where possible.
2. Providing an estate of the right size and quality, which is managed and developed effectively in line with acknowledged best practice and is sensitive to social and environmental considerations.
3. Reducing MoD's contribution to global warming in line with Government led objectives. In the UK, MoD currently purchases 6% of its electricity from renewable sources exempt from the climate change levy and is committed to increasing this percentage by 1% per year up to the Framework target of 10%.
4. Working to meet the Framework's Biodiversity Targets and the Government Public Service Agreement (PSA) target, shared with Defra, through our SSSI Favourable Condition Project (first phase reported in September 2004).
5. Rolling out a corporate Environmental Management System since 2001 for all our sites in the UK, and adopting the Framework Target to implement EMS across 80% of our (non-office/mixed) estate by 31 March 2006.
6. Reporting publicly on sustainable development impacts including performance against targets. The MoD annual Sustainable Development report will set out performance against sixteen headline indicators, identified as significant by the Department. These indicators will be reviewed on an annual basis. The report will reflect the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines for best practice in SD reporting and will be publicly available through MoD's webpage. The report will also link to existing MoD reports (e.g. Annual Stewardship Report, Sanctuary and Historic Buildings Report) that address key aspects of the SD Agenda.
MOD - Sustainable Development Action Plan (PDF, 94KB)
Updated: 4 April 2006