Shropshire Council adopted a new Sustainability, Environment and Climate Change Policy in January 2011.
“Our vision for Shropshire is to stabilise and progressively reduce our environmental footprint”.
Sustainability is a corporate value, and the council recognises the impact that its day to day activities have on the environment and the importance of managing the resources used. We aim to reduce our resource consumption as an authority and promote sustainable practices throughout our organisation, with partners and the county as a whole. The localism agenda will be used to empower communities to become more sustainable and climate resilient.
Our Responsibility
The corporate responsibility for this policy rests with the full council and all employees. We expect every decision-maker in Shropshire Council to integrate sustainability, environment and climate change considerations into strategic and day-to-day decision making processes.
The responsibility for policy implementation rests with the Portfolio Holder for Energy and Carbon Reduction.
Our Commitment
Shropshire Council is committed to enhancing the sustainability of its practices in order to safeguard the county’s natural and built environments as set out in the Community Strategy Priority 2. We will commit to protecting the environment through demonstrable and continuous improvement of our environmental performance, and full compliance with all relevant legal and other requirements. We will promote good governance throughout the organisation and wider services, actively encouraging and monitoring responsible environmental, social and economic performance by our staff, suppliers and contractors.
The Sustainability, Environment and Climate Change policy can be downloaded from this page.
Please follow the link to the Climate Change Strategy which outlines how we are addressing the issues outlined in the policy.
The Sustainable Construction Policy was also revised in January 2011 and can be downloaded from this page.