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WEST LONDON WASTE AUTHORITY

Report of the Director 9 April 2008

MAYOR’S DRAFT BUSINESS WASTE STRATEGY - “MAKING WASTE WORK IN LONDON”

SUMMARY The Mayor has published a draft strategy for the management of London’s business waste.

RECOMMENDATION That this report be noted

DETAIL 1. London produces over 18 million tonnes of waste annually. Municipal waste is about

one quarter of this. The remaining three-quarters, or over 13 million tonnes, is business waste – i.e. waste from shops, restaurants, offices, construction & demolition, industrial processes, etc.

2. In May last year the Mayor of London published his draft wider strategy for the management of business waste – ‘Making waste work in London’ – for consultation with the London Assembly and the GLA functional bodies. He has now published the draft strategy1 in near final form for a public consultation that runs until 13 June 2008.

3. The draft strategy is a substantial document of over 180 pages that seeks to give a lead towards improvement and good practice. It sets out 5 main policies that are to be delivered through 34 detailed proposals. Attached at Appendix A is a summary leaflet published by the Mayor that contains the 5 policies. The 34 proposals are attached at Appendix B. Against each proposal is a timetable, a level of priority, measures for monitoring and evaluation, and the agency or agencies with the responsibility to take the proposal forward.

4. London’s local authorities (whether as waste authorities or planning authorities) are given roles in relation to 122 of the 34 proposals. Most notably, proposals 5 and 11 state the Mayor’s expectation that waste authorities will provide commercially competitive recycling and composting services to business, allow business waste at reuse and recycling centres, and expand their collection, recovery and disposal capacity to cover business waste. Clearly these could have substantial financial implications, particularly if additional landfill allowance costs were to arise. However, unlike the Mayor’s municipal waste strategy, this strategy has no statutory force and is advisory only.

5. It is understood that London Councils will be collating a response on behalf of all London authorities and it is proposed that the Authority contributes to this rather than submitting a separate response.

Background papers : Nil

Contact officers : Mike Nicholls, Director Barry Lister, Senior Asst. Director (020 8847 5555)

1 Available at www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/waste/business_waste.jsp 2 i.e. proposals 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 20,22, 24, 25, 26, 30, & 31.

February 2008

Making Waste Work in LondonThe Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy

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APPENDIX A

Making waste work for you

The Mayor of London is urging London’s businesses tomanage their waste more efficiently in his new draftBusiness Waste Management Strategy. The key pointsof the strategy are outlined in this leaflet.

Take responsibility and take actionThe generation of unnecessary waste is a major causeof climate change, one of the biggest challenges facingthe world today. In his Climate Change Action Plan, theMayor states, ‘a strategy to cut carbon emissions isessentially about cutting out waste and improvingefficiency’. If everyone takes responsibility and takesaction now, together we can have a positive impact onLondon’s environment.

This strategy is not just for big businesses, it isfor all businesses. Ninety-seven per cent of London’sbusinesses employ less than 50 people. Representingsuch a large percentage of London’s economic activity,the combined total impact of small businesses on theenvironment is significant.

Small businesses need more specialised and targetedsupport to ensure they can take advantage of theeconomic opportunity that productive resourcemanagement offers and local authorities have animportant role to play in providing both supportand services.

2 Making Waste Work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy

Boost your profits by going greenDid you know managing your waste more efficientlydoesn’t just make environmental sense - it also makesbusiness sense too?

Using products and materials sustainably is not justabout being green, it is an important business processthat could potentially save your organisation money. In fact, waste costs more than you think. Typically up tofour per cent of business turnover. That’s a lot of cashwasted on… well waste. Finding ways to reduce theamount of waste your business generates could helpyour company become more efficient and profitable.Not taking action on sustainable waste managementand resource use is a threat to your business’s economiccompetitiveness and success.

It pays to be ‘seen’ to be greenSustainable development can create opportunitiesfor your business. Apart from the obvious financialbenefits, you can also boost your business’s reputationand brand value with customers, and motivate staff. Itcan also inspire innovation, enhance investment andopen new markets, both at home and abroad.

More and more, the public makes choices informedby a business’s green credentials. In 2004, shoppersspent about £26 billion on ethical and environmentalproducts, an increase of 15 per cent on the previous year.

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Employees are increasingly aware of the environmentalobjectives and performance of a business whenchoosing which company to work for. Did you knowthat 14 per cent of job seekers would decline a job offerfrom an employer with a poor environmental record?

How much will it cost?Becoming a sustainable, environmentally friendlybusiness needn’t cost the earth. In fact, there are lotsof no-cost or low-cost activities that businesses can dowhich make real financial sense.

n Reducing paper use at Wandsworth Borough Councilsaved £85,705 annually in print costs

n Recycling glass and composting food waste savedan East-End pub £800 per year

n Recycling shop fittings saved Boots The Chemists£15,000 a year in landfill costs

n Managing the collection and sale of their cardboardenabled retailer ‘Gold Group’ to generate an incomestream of £8,000 per year

n An integrated waste management programmeenabled over 80 participating retailers at theSt Nicholas Shopping Centre, Sutton, to save£10,960 each year

n Xerox saved over £100 million throughremanufacturing and reusing parts in their equipment.


Together, London’s businesses can become a real forcefor change.

No matter where you’re starting from, whether youare already well ahead of the green-game or just atthe beginning, there is much more that everyone can do.

Planning for success The most successful businesses plan for theirsustainable, long-term success. Owners are becomingincreasingly aware of the importance of the social andenvironmental impacts of their business.

Research by the Environment Agency has shown thatcompanies with above average environmental standardscan financially out-perform those that are belowaverage by 43 per cent. Going the extra mile, beyondmere environmental compliance can bring clear businessbenefits.

This sustainable approach to business isn’t just aboutspending money to minimise any harmful impacts fromyour business. It's also about making the most ofopportunities to reduce unnecessary costs andrisks, and giving customers and others involved withyour business what they want.


What is the Mayor proposing?To achieve the Mayor’s vision, the draft Business WasteManagement Strategy proposes five policies. The Mayorsets out in the strategy how these policies might beimplemented and examples are given below.


Draft Policies Summary of proposed actions

London recycles just half of the waste that it produces, aperformance that requires major improvement.Policy 1 London’s businesses will achieve the reuse,recycling and composting targets in the London Plan by:• achieving recycling or composting levels in commercial

and industrial waste of at least 70 per cent by 2020• achieving recycling and reuse levels in construction,

demolition and excavation waste of at least 95 percent by 2020

• generating energy from any waste that cannot berecycled using advanced waste technologies, which willcontribute to the Climate Change Action Plan goals.

• Businesses to conduct wasteaudits and implementmeasures to reduce wasteand increase recycling.

• Waste industry to delivercompetitive and accessiblerecycling services forbusinesses.

London is reliant on landfill outside the region and is notrealising the economic opportunities and environmentalbenefits that local infrastructure could bring.Policy 2 The Mayor will work with partners to ensurefacilities with sufficient capacity are provided to achievethe London Plan self-sufficiency targets of managing 75per cent of waste arising within London by 2010, rising to80 per cent by 2015 and 85 per cent by 2020.

• London DevelopmentAgency to driveimprovements in London’sbusiness waste infrastructureand support the expansionof London’s green industries.

• Waste industry to prioritiseuse of sustainable transportmodes and fuels.

As a result of the size and complexity of London’seconomy and the range of wastes produced, themanagement of business waste is poorly coordinated.Policy 3 The Mayor will work with partners to ensureinformation and advice is reaching all target audiences by:• coordinating the provision of information and advice• developing additional services that enable London’s

businesses to use their resources more productivelyand manage their waste sustainably.

• London Development Agencyto promote coordinatedadvice on resource efficiencydelivered primarily throughBusiness Link London anddeliver a targetedcommunications campaign.

• Mayor to work withbusinesses to developsector-specific action plans.


Draft Policies Summary of proposed actions

Responsible management of the environmental impact ofbusiness operations can be simple and cheap toimplement, can yield financial savings and improveperformance.Policy 4 The Mayor will work with partners to raise andmaintain awareness of resource productivity, sustainablewaste transport and sustainable waste managementamong London’s businesses to bring about positive andpermanent behavioural change.

• Mayor to work with theEnvironment Agency andcouncils to ensure all Londonbusinesses manage theirwaste responsibly.

• London DevelopmentAgency to promote the takeup of standards forenvironmental management.

The Mayor expects the GLA group’s activities to meet thetargets and policies set out in his strategies. Bydemonstrating excellence, the Mayor expects London’sbusinesses to be inspired to take responsibility and takeaction and contribute to London’s sustainability.Policy 5 The Mayor will ensure the GLA group leads byexample to encourage London’s businesses to takeresponsibility and take action for their waste in accordancewith the waste hierarchy and reduce London’s contributionto climate change.

• Mayor and GLA group willdemonstrate excellence, forexample by achieving highrecycling rates,demonstrating compliance toan environmentalmanagement system andadopting responsible greenprocurement practices.

• Mayor to establish asustainable business councilto champion sustainablewaste management.

Waste is a resourceRecycling creates materials that can be used to makenew products. London’s waste paper is the equivalentof an ’urban forest’. Waste that remains presentsan exciting opportunity to generate energy to be usedfor heating and cooling homes and workplaces,to generate electricity, and for transport.

By managing waste sustainably and using it as aresource, London’s businesses can play a key rolenot only in reducing London’s carbon footprint butalso by stimulating a secondary materials economy.Commercial and industrial waste streams are largerand more consistent than household waste and canprovide the reliable sources of material needed tocatalyse investment in recycling industries andenergy production.

There is a key role for London, as a businesspowerhouse to work through procurement, productand packaging commissioning, and materialspecification to drive sustainable design and theproductive use of resources.


Contribute to London’s sustainabilityThe Mayor believes that Londoners and London’sbusinesses are ready to change. Through activeengagement with a range of stakeholders, this strategywill set the framework through which London’s businesscommunity can take responsibility and take action torealise the Mayor’s vision for London to be anexemplary, sustainable world city.

London produces over 18 million tonnes of waste eachyear and just half is recycled, a performance thatrequires major improvement. The capital also relies tooheavily on landfill to dispose of its waste, particularly onsites outside the Greater London area. Landfill sites areresponsible for emitting over 700 million tonnes ofcarbon dioxide every year.

London’s businesses need to take responsibility for thewaste they produce and take action to use resourcesproductively and, with London’s waste industry, theymust maximise the social, environmental and economicopportunities of reprocessing and managing wastewithin London.

How we can helpThe London Development Agency is already helping toimprove coordination of environmental services and todeliver advice and support on waste and resourcemanagement issues to more businesses.

Get in touch with Business Link London and the LondonEnvironmental Support Service (LESS) to access support


from business advice organisations such as the Mayor ofLondon’s Green Procurement Code, Envirowise,Construction Resource Efficiency (CoRE) and the LondonManufacturing Advisory Service. To find out more aboutthe range of services visit www.bllondon.co.uk or call0845 6000 787 quoting LESS.

WRAP, the government’s Waste and ResourcesAction Programme, is developing an on-line searchtool to help small businesses find local recyclingservices. Visit www.wrap.org.uk/businessesor call 0808 100 2040.

Businesses have a legal responsibility to reduce theirimpact on the environment. For more information visit:www.netregs.gov.uk or call 08708 506 506.

Get involvedThe Mayor invites London's businesses and members ofthe public to respond to the strategy by completing ashort questionnaire or emailing [email protected] your views. The full strategy and questionnaire isavailable at: www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/waste/business_waste.jsp


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Mayor’s draft business waste strategy - Proposals

Proposal Timescale Responsible organisation

Priority Monitoring / Evaluation

Proposal 1 – The Mayor calls on the government to ensure that effective fiscal and legislative instruments are in place to stimulate resource productivity and sustainable waste management among London’s businesses including: − a clear commitment to continue to escalate the landfill tax significantly after 2010 − a requirement for auditable evidence to support the implementation of pre-treatment

requirements for landfilled waste from October 2007 − statutory recycling and composting targets and indicators for municipal waste rather

than household waste − recycling and composting targets and indicators for non-municipal business waste to

complement the national target for the reduction of commercial and industrial waste going to landfill

− statutory diversion targets and measures to reduce the quantity of non-municipal biodegradable waste disposed of to landfill

Ongoing Mayor High Legislative change

Proposal 2 – The Mayor calls on the government to ensure that: − businesses are aware of, and comply with, their producer responsibility obligations − the Environment Agency is adequately resourced to enforce the regulations − challenging recycling targets are set for producer responsibility legislation − the packaging regulations are amended to favour local recycling and reprocessing

and carbon positive recycling − statutory measures are established to implement producer responsibility legislation

rather than persisting with voluntary agreements − obligated businesses adequately compensate London boroughs operating schemes for

producer responsibility wastes − the government and obligated businesses run effective communication campaigns

about producer responsibility legislation to raise and maintain awareness of consumers’ responsibilities.

Ongoing Mayor Medium Legislative change

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Proposal 3 – The London Development Agency will coordinate the provision of information and advice about resource productivity and sustainable waste management to London's businesses by: − promoting coordinated advice on resource efficiency delivered primarily through

Business Link London, and developing strong links between the relevant delivery provider and other stakeholders including London’s business support programme providers and London boroughs

− working with the Mayor and partners to deliver a targeted communications campaign to raise and maintain awareness among London’s businesses of resource efficiency and sustainable waste management

− ensuring their partners integrate information about resource efficiency and sustainable waste management into their business support programmes.

From 2007 LDA and partners/ Mayor

High Penetration of Business Link London, number of businesses accessing business support programmes

Proposal 4 – The Mayor will establish a London business council to bring together London’s business leaders to champion resource productivity and sustainable waste management within a business environment.

In 2008/09 Mayor, London’s businesses, waste authorities and partners

High Council established, profile of council members, agenda and minutes of sessions

Proposal 5 – The Mayor expects London boroughs to offer competitive waste and recycling collection services for local businesses, in partnership where necessary, including: − recycling services of at least the same materials as their household collections − organic kitchen waste collections − accepting business waste for reuse or recycling at their reuse and recycling centres − actively promoting their services to businesses.

Ongoing Waste authorities and partners

High Non-household municipal waste recycling rate, number of businesses served, promotion on website

Proposal 6 – The Mayor will investigate and, if appropriate, implement an appropriate vehicle to act as a trading hub for recycled materials across London.

2008/2009 Mayor and LDA Low Feasibility study published

Proposal 7 – The London Development Agency will develop at least one demonstrator project that develops local sources of renewable fuel from waste that would support a future move to a hydrogen economy.

2011/2012 LDA, LCCA Medium Demonstrator project developed

Proposal 8 – To contribute to the development of business waste infrastructure in London, with sufficient capacity to achieve the London Plan self-sufficiency targets, the London Development Agency will investigate: − establishing a fund for business waste infrastructure

2008/2009 – 2010/2011

Mayor, LDA, waste authorities and London’s businesses

High Fund established, private sector funding leveraged, businesses created/expanded, programmes delivered,



− attracting partners and leverage additional investment to the fund − supporting the development of businesses and social enterprises that prevent waste,

collect and manage resources in London or develop products made from recycled materials

− delivering programmes that support innovation in the green industries sector

London Plan targets met

Proposal 9 – The Mayor will promote and encourage the use of advanced waste technologies to manage London’s business waste and calls on the government to make advanced waste technologies eligible for Enhanced Capital Allowances.

Ongoing Mayor Low Legislative change

Proposal 10 – The Mayor expects London boroughs to develop Core Strategies, which commit the authority in their Local Development Framework to: − achieve the London Plan and Municipal Waste Management Strategy recycling

targets − specify in which Local Development Scheme documents they will allocate sites to

achieve their apportionment, set through the London Plan − establish criteria to determine waste planning applications while preparing more

detailed proposals.

Ongoing Planning authorities High Local Development Frameworks

Proposal 11 – The Mayor expects London boroughs to: − provide capacity, where appropriate, for non-municipal waste when developing waste

facilities − explore opportunities to develop waste management infrastructure that maximises the

potential use of water and rail transport − explore opportunities to develop waste management infrastructure on-site as part of

any site development or redevelopment.

Ongoing Waste authorities and planning authorities

Medium Local Development Frameworks, facilities developed

Proposal 12 – Transport for London will promote Delivery and Service Plans to London’s businesses, to encourage them to negotiate waste services with reduced transport impacts.

Ongoing London’s businesses and business support agencies, Transport for London

Low Adoption of Delivery and Service Plans, local air quality surveys

Proposal 13 – Transport for London, through its London Freight Plan, will promote the early adoption of new engine technologies and waste-derived fuels that minimise the impact of waste transport on climate change.

Ongoing Transport for London Low Adoption of new engine technologies and waste-derived fuels, implementation of the Freight Plan



Proposal 14 – London’s businesses, particularly those in light industrial estates, should examine the feasibility of: − generating energy on-site from their residual waste, particularly organic kitchen

waste, through the use of advanced waste technologies − using waste-derived transport fuels in their vehicle fleets.

Ongoing London’s businesses/ London Climate Change Agency

Medium London Plan targets met, adoption of waste-derived fuels, number new plant developed, pollution and carbon reduction targets met

Proposal 15 – The Mayor expects Defra and the Environment Agency to take action to address business waste data gaps, including: − undertaking the strategic waste management survey every five years − ensuring relevant data is collected from exempt waste management facilities − making data available and accessible − integrating data collection into government policy making, for example as part of the

implementation of site waste management plans.

Ongoing Defra and Environment Agency

High Business waste data collection systems implemented, strategic waste management survey repeated

Proposal 16 – The Mayor will work with business sectors and their representative associations to produce sector-specific action plans, which identify issues and actions specific to businesses of different sizes within each sector.

By 2009/10 Mayor, London’s businesses and business liaison groups

Medium Sector-specific action plans developed

Proposal 17 – London’s businesses should conduct waste audits to: − establish waste prevention and reuse systems − identify the materials streams that they can recycle or compost and seek recycling

and composting services alongside their waste management contracts.

Ongoing London’s businesses High London Plan targets met, number of businesses accessing LESS and accessing support from business support programmes

Proposal 18 – The Mayor will encourage developers to perform beyond the proposed minimum regulatory standard for site waste management plans, for example by: − producing site waste management plans for major developments − identifying the hazardous waste that will arise and how it will be managed − stating how waste is being transported for recycling or disposal and the volume of

waste being transported by each mode − aiming to achieve the London Plan reuse and recycling targets and support the

principles of self-sufficiency and proximity.

Ongoing Planning authorities and London’s businesses

Medium Local Development Frameworks, London Plan targets met, legislative change, site waste management plans

Proposal 19 – The Mayor calls on TrustMark to include sustainable waste management as one of its certification criteria.

Ongoing Mayor, TrustMark, London’s businesses

Low TrustMark standard amended, number of London businesses



certified to the standard

Proposal 20 – The Mayor will revise his Sustainable Design and Construction Supplementary Planning Guidance to set a preferred standard for: − developers to provide a green procurement plan with their planning application,

setting out the types of materials used, quantities and their environmental provenance and efficiency

− developers to adopt WRAP's requirements for good practice in recycled content and waste management and specify the requirement for at least 15 per cent of the total value of materials used to derive from recycled and reused content by 2010, rising to 20 per cent by 2012.

Ongoing Mayor, London's developers and planning authorities

Medium Sustainable Design and Construction Supplementary Planning Guidance revised, brought into local planning policy

Proposal 21 – The London Development Agency will provide information and advice to London’s businesses about how to change their manufacturing techniques to use resources more efficiently.

Ongoing LDA, London’s businesses

Low Number of businesses accessing business support programmes

Proposal 22 – The Mayor will work with the Environment Agency, London boroughs and private companies providing hazardous waste management services to ensure London’s businesses reduce the quantity of hazardous waste they are producing and collect it separately for safe disposal.

Ongoing Environment Agency, waste authorities and London’s businesses

Medium Number of businesses accessing business support programmes, hazardous waste arisings, number of fines for illegal dumping/ hazardous waste pollution incidents

Proposal 23 – The Mayor expects the London Strategic Health Authority to take responsibility for implementing the waste aspects of the Department of Health sustainable development policy.

2008/09 London Strategic Health Authority

High Guidance issued

Proposal 24 – The Mayor will work with the Environment Agency and London boroughs to ensure all London businesses are aware of, and comply with, their Duty of Care responsibilities.

Ongoing Environment Agency, local authorities and London’s businesses

Medium Number of fines for non-compliance within London

Proposal 25 – The Mayor expects London boroughs, in partnership with the Environment Agency, to undertake targeted inspection of businesses, for example in areas prone to incidents of fly-tipping, to ensure they are complying with their Duty of Care responsibilities.

Ongoing Environment Agency, local authorities and London’s businesses

Low Number of fines for fly-tipping offences within London

Proposal 26 – The Mayor will call a conference of producers, grocery retailers and London boroughs to: − commit to reducing product and packaging waste

2009/10 Mayor, London’s businesses, waste authorities

Medium Conference held, development of action plan



− discuss the production and retail of materials that cannot be recycled or composted in London (e.g. compostable packaging) and use their resources to develop processing and reprocessing capacity

− discuss the issues around the development of consistent and clear product labelling.

Proposal 27 – The Mayor expects all public sector organisations based in London (including government offices, their departments, agencies, schools and hospitals) and London's FTSE 250 companies, to sign up to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code.

2008/09 LDA and London’s businesses

High Number of businesses signed to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code (business size/sector)

Proposal 28 – The London Development Agency, including (but not exclusively) through the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code, will work with London’s businesses to adopt responsible purchasing practices, which: − use a procurement strategy to ensure that environmental issues are proactively

addressed in all aspects of the procurement process − specify environmental criteria when commissioning products or packaging.

Ongoing LDA and London’s businesses

Medium Number of businesses accessing business support programmes, number of businesses signed to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code

Proposal 29 – The London Development Agency will promote the take up of standards for environmental management among London’s businesses.

Ongoing LDA and London’s businesses

Medium Number of businesses accessing business support programmes, number of signatories to the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code with or implementing an EMS/seeking certification to an EMS

Proposal 30 – The Mayor will encourage Capital Standards to expand its membership and involve London’s businesses in programmes that tackle enviro-crime in the public realm.

2008/09 Capital Standards, waste authorities and London’s businesses

Low Membership expanded, Londonwide promotional campaign

Proposal 31 – The Mayor expects London boroughs to utilise available legislation, including the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (2005), to improve street cleanliness, for example, by working with producers of free newspapers, to expand litter and street recycling services.

Ongoing Waste authorities and London’s businesses

Low Performance indicators (BVPI 199 or equivalent)

Proposal 32 – London’s businesses should use available guidance to implement sustainable waste management practices at their events, including developing and adhering to a waste management plan that addresses waste reduction for example by: − using reusable and recyclable materials that incorporate recycled materials

Ongoing London’s businesses Low Number of businesses accessing support, London Plan targets met



− providing recycling facilities, including for organic materials.

Proposal 33 – The Mayor will support the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 to act as an independent assuror of the sustainability of the waste related activities of the Olympic Delivery Authority and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games to ensure that the 2012 Games are the most sustainable ever. This will be achieved, for example by: − achieving the London Plan reuse and recycling targets for all strategic developments − achieving the recycling and composting targets for all waste produced during the

Games and ensuring infrastructure is developed to ensure this target is met throughout the Games’ legacy

− implementing BS 8901: Specification for a sustainable event management system − adopting the GLA group responsible procurement policy and achieving the highest

levels of the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code.

Ongoing to 2012

Mayor, Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, Olympic Delivery Authority and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games

Medium Policies and plans for the Games assessed and changes incorporated

Proposal 34 – The Mayor and the GLA group will lead by example in resource productivity and sustainable waste management by: − producing a sustainable waste reduction and reuse plan for the GLA group − achieving the London Plan composting and recycling targets across the group within

each of their offices − implementing BS 8901: Specification for a sustainable event management system − achieving the Mayor’s preferred standard for sustainable design and construction for

their strategic developments − demonstrating compliance with an environmental management system (such as ISO

14001 or equivalent standard) by December 2009 n annually reporting on their environmental performance in line with Defra’s Environmental Reporting Guidelines

− ensuring that their own and contracted fleets are registered to the Freight Operator Recognition Scheme by 2010

− achieving the highest levels of the Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code − adopting responsible purchasing practices, which use a procurement strategy to

ensure that environmental issues are proactively addressed in all aspects of the procurement process.

Ongoing Mayor and GLA group

High − Plan produced − Targets met − Checklist used, targets met − Standard incorporated − Standard achieved − Report produced − Registration − Levels achieved − Development of

environmental stream of GLA responsible procurement policy, with indicators, number of GLA contracts with companies listed on the database

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