Defra 2010 Action Plan for Driving Sustainable Operations and Procurement Across Government

"This Government is committed to becoming the ‘greenest ever.’ In support of our wider policy goals we need to be leading by example. This action plan sets out our priorities around leadership, efficiency transparency and accountability that will underpin the reform of Government’s operations and procurement.

Our Objectives

• To drive the agenda on transparency in the environmental performance of government by facilitating the release of departmental and supplier data;

• To improve the sustainability of the supply base so that government builds stronger relationships with its suppliers and manages risk and cost effectively;

• To reform government sustainable delivery by developing new tools and solutions which deliver greater efficiency and provide a lead across government and other sectors."