page_title: Sustainable Development Commission
section_title: Leadership and purpose
hierarchical_section_title: Sustainable Development Commission / Leadership and purpose
caption_attribution_description: English: A portrait of Jonathon Porritt shortly before giving a talk on sustainable design to the West of England Design Forum in the Watershed, Bristol. Taken on Wednesday 26th April 2008. --&gt;
context_page_description: The Sustainable Development Commission was a non-departmental public body responsible for advising the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly Government, and Northern Ireland Executive on sustainable development.
  It was set up by the Labour Government in June 2000 and closed by the Coalition Government in March 2011.
context_section_description: The commission reported directly to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK Government), the First Minister of Scotland (Scottish Government), First Minister for Wales (Welsh Assembly Government), and the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Executive).
  Its responsibilities to the four bodies were broadly similar: it was an official watchdog on sustainability; it scrutinised progress on meeting targets on the sustainable management of the bodies' estates and procurement; and it provided cross-departmental policy advice and assistance.
  From 2000 to 2009 the Commission was chaired by the former Director of Friends of the Earth, Jonathan Porritt, and between 2009 and its closure in 2011, it was chaired by Will Day formerly of Comic Relief and the United Nations Development Programme. It produced reports such as Prosperity Without Growth by Prof Tim Jackson in 2009.
caption: Sustainable Development Commission Chair 2000–2009, Jonathon Porritt.
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