Environmental Policy
The environmental policy is as follows:
Implementing environmental procedures
Ensure full compliance with all current environmental law and work towards conforming to best environmental practice in all our operations.
Raising and maintaining staff awareness
Make sure that everyone knows what they need to do and why they need to do it.
Using resources wisely and addressing climate change
Minimise waste and resource consumption in all the Council's operations, reuse resources and use recycled products wherever practical, and investigate ways to build on the Council's existing use of renewable energy.
Sustainable travel
Reduce the need for employees to travel and make sure that if people do need to travel, they use the most environmentally sustainable means for making the journey.
Biodiversity
Help protect and support biodiversity on Council land and, by working in partnership with key stakeholders, help protect and support biodiversity across Clackmannanshire.
Sustainable design and construction
Make sure that new buildings are as ecologically sound as possible and work towards carbon neutral development as quickly as possible.
Sustainable procurement
Use our buying power to support improved energy efficiency; promote ethical purchasing; increase the proportion of recycled and recyclable products and materials bought; and favour locally sourced materials wherever possible and appropriate, to reduce transport impacts and support local employment. We will also expect a high standard of environmental performance to be achieved by existing and potential Council contractors and suppliers.
Working with the community and our partners to achieve our aims
Through the Clackmannanshire Alliance and other key partnership fora we will work to promote an inclusive approach to improving environmental performance, and to seek efficiencies from partnership working wherever feasible.
Monitoring and reporting
This policy will be reviewed annually as part of the Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy review procedure and a public report produced to explain progress achieved.
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Contact information
For further information about this page please contact:
Sustainability
Kilncraigs, Greenside Street, Alloa, FK10 1EB
Tel: 01259 450 000 Fax: 01259 727 453
Email: sustainability@clacks.gov.uk
Or use the on-line contact form
