Environmental strategy
Tower Hamlets Council’s environmental
strategy (pdf 122k) and action
plan (pdf 174k) were officially adopted by cabinet in June
2007. They set out our vision for improving the environmental
performance of the council.
They identify the environmental initiatives
which need to be undertaken in order to minimise our impact on the
environment and what outcomes we expect to achieve as a result.
Ultimately, the council seeks to efficiently undertake its
statutory duties with the minimum of environmental impact.
Work undertaken to date has identified a
number of issues where we have a significant environmental impact
as a council. These are:
- Transport
- Energy management
- Water management
- Waste management
- Procurement
Our vision is to become a council with
progressively lower environmental impacts and which sets an
excellent example of leadership in environmental good practice to
the community.
Why develop an environmental strategy?
The need to protect, promote and improve the
quality of our environment has become increasingly important in
recent years. Many of the natural resources that we rely upon
(clean air, water and food) are under threat from pollution,
overuse and poor management. We often take these resources for
granted. Additionally the threat from climate change requires that
we take action now.
The council's looked to set the benchmark in
the way it manages its own environmental performance, and in the
way it plans and delivers services. This strategy is not intended
for the whole community, but is specific to the management of the
council itself. The vision is concerned with things that the
council can control and influence.
This environment
strategy (pdf 122k) and action
plan (pdf 174k) have been produced as the basis for development
of a co-ordinated programme of work to improve our own
environmental performance, which in turn, affects how we deliver
services to the people who live, work and travel through our
borough.
For more information, please contact the
council’s sustainability team,
Sustainable Development Team
Development & Renewal
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Mulberry Place (AH)
PO Box 55739
5 Clove Crescent
London
E14 1BY
Tel: 020 7364 2631