1. www.wyg.com Environmental Management Systems in the Public Sector Paul White Phil Morton White Young Green Environmental November 2007

2. www.wyg.com Outline  EMS in the Government estate  EMS in local authorities  Workshop exercise – Environmental aspects in a local authority  Government-funded EMS support packages

3. www.wyg.com EMS in the Government Estate

4. www.wyg.com Some WYG Public Sector Projects  Border & Immigration Agency, SOGE reporting and EMS implementation  Defence Estates  Sustainability appraisals  Funded EMS projects

5. www.wyg.com Government Sustainable Operations Targets PRIORITY AREATARGETS CLIMATE CHANGE & ENERGY CARBON EMISSIONS FROM OFFICES  Reverse the current upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007.  Reduce carbon emissions by 12.5% by 2010/11, relative to 1999/2000 levels.  Reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2020, relative to 1999/2000 levels. CARBON EMISSIONS FROM ROAD VEHICLES  Reduce carbon emissions from road vehicles used for Government administrative operations by 15% by 2010/11, relative to 2005/2006 levels. CARBON NEUTRAL  Central Government’s office estate to be carbon neutral by 2012. ENERGY EFFICIENCY  Departments to increase their energy efficiency per m 2 by 15% by 2010, relative to 1999/2000 levels.  Departments to increase their energy efficiency per m 2 by 30% by 2020, relative to 1999/2000 levels.

6. www.wyg.com Government Sustainable Operations Targets PRIORITY AREATARGETS SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION WASTE ARISINGS  Departments to reduce their waste arisings by 5% by 2010, relative to 2004/05 levels.  Departments to reduce their waste arisings by 25% by 2020, relative to 2004/05 levels. RECYCLING  Departments to increase their recycling figures to 40% of their waste arisings by 2010.  Departments to increase their recycling figures to 75% of their waste arisings by 2020. NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION BIODIVERSITY  Departments to meet or exceed the aim of having 95% of SSSIs in sole ownership or control in target condition by 2010. WATER CONSUMPTION  Reduce water consumption by 25% on the office and non-office estate by 2020, relative to 2004/05 levels.  Reduce water consumption to an average of 3m 3 per person/year for all new office builds or major office refurbishments.

7. www.wyg.com Government Sustainable Operations Targets  ‘Government to mandate’ targets:  “Departments to work towards an accredited certified environmental management system (EMS) i.e. ISO 14001 or EMAS”

8. www.wyg.com Government EMS Performance 2006 Department Total no. of offices/sites No. of offices/sites with EMS % EMS coverage achieved by site/offices Reported % of total staff covered by EMS A3 target met? CO161062.5%75N DCLG201995.0%84N DfES500.0%0N DFID22100.0%100Y DfT1082262.4%76N DH30723.3%70N DTI211781.0%83N DWP1473 100.0%100Y ECGD2150.0%NKN FSA7228.6%100N HMRC67810.1%17N HMT11100.0%100Y LOD9622.1%2N ONS66100.0%100Y Total offices3439156745.6%4/14

9. www.wyg.com Government EMS Performance 2006 Department Total no. of offices/sites No. of offices/sites with EMS % EMS coverage achieved by site/offices Reported % of total staff covered by EMS A3 target met? DCA86650.6%4N DCMS151386.7%100Y Defra823643.9%82N FC5300.0%0N FCO6350.0%91N HO1509362.4%14N MOD40001634.1%80N Total offices3439156745.6%4/14 Data source: Sustainable Development in Government, Annual Report 2006 (SDC, February 2007)

10. www.wyg.com Government EMS Performance 2006  Why is performance low?

11. www.wyg.com EMS in Local Authorities

12. www.wyg.com EMAS Public Authorities by Country 22/10/07 Source: EMAS.org.uk

13. www.wyg.com Workshop Exercise Evaluating Environmental Aspects for Significance in a Local Authority Using the case study Local Authority: 1. How will you identify your aspects and impacts? 2. Critique the methods provided – Criteria, Qualitative and Quantitative based approaches for this application 3. Try to come up with your own approach considering the unique challenges to a Local Authority – e.g. stakeholders, strategy, the sheer number of activities and services, etc. 4. Write up on the flip chart paper provided and prepare to feed back to the group

14. www.wyg.com Public-Funded EMS Projects

15. www.wyg.com Public-funded EMS projects  GreenLINCS www.greenlincs.co.uk  BREW EMS project  Using EMS as a tool for supply chain management

16. www.wyg.com The BS 8555/Acorn Phased Approach Phase 1: Securing commitment & establishing the baseline Phase 5: Checking, audit & review Phase 6: EMS acknowledgement Phase 2: Compliance with legal & other requirements Phase 4: Implementation & operation Phase 3: Developing objectives, targets & programmes Environmental Management in Bite Sized Chunks

17. www.wyg.com Possible solutions…  Pilot a BS 8555 EMS, in a manageable area of your operations, incorporating the SOGE targets if a Government agency, or targets relevant to your local authority  Public or privately funded projects to increase EMS take-up in the supply chain

18. www.wyg.com Open discussion…  What can be done to increase take-up of EMS in public sector?  What methodology best suits the public sector?

19. www.wyg.com Thanks for listening Any questions? Paul WhitePhil Morton 07795 42681607920 756628 paul.white@wyg.comphil.morton@wyg.com