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Sustainable Development Policy

Documents and Reports from the Sustainable Development Policy Team, part of the Safety, Sustainable Development & Continuity Division SSD&CD

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Sustainable Development Strategy

This page contains a link to the MOD Sustainable Development Strategy and Delivery Plan 2011


Date: 15 Dec 08

Climate Change Strategy


Date: 15 Dec 08

Sustainable Development Report 2009/10

This page contains the Ministry of Defence Annual Sustainable Development Report for 2009/10 and, for the first time, background data in CSV format.


Date: 31 Aug 06

Government Carbon Offsetting Fund


Date: 20 Nov 07

Waste Strategy

The Waste Strategy sets out the steps MOD will need to take to meet our waste objectives, including meeting the Government’s 2016/17 waste targets of reducing waste arisings by 20%, increasing waste recovery (recycling) to 80% of waste arisings and improving the quality of our waste data so we can improve waste management.


Date: 1 Nov 10

MOD Timber Strategy

The MOD Strategy for Procurement of Legal and Sustainable Timber was introduced as of 1 October 2005 and applies to commercial timber and timber products.

The definitions of timber, including legal, recycled and virgin timber, are at Annex A of the Strategy.  This policy does not apply to paper, paper products and card, for which is covered by a separate MOD Strategy


Date: 15 Oct 07

Disposal of Munitions at Sea

This profile contains documents pertaining to the disposal of explosives, chemical weapons, radiological waste and munitions on the seabed.


Date: 15 May 09

REACH

This profile provides links to the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation process within MOD, together with an exemption application and the chemical reporting process. 


REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, requires all chemical substances, new and existing, that are manufactured or imported into the European Union in a quantity of ≥1 tonne per year to undergo registration, with a gradual introduction of the obligations through to 2018.   The UK REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2852) came into force in Dec 2008. Further general information on REACH is available at the HSE web site (http://www.hse.gov.uk/reach/index.htm).


Date: 4 Jun 08