Sustainability in the Public Sector
Subtitle: an Essential Briefing for Stakeholders
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781351275729
Subjects: Sustainable development; Social responsibility of business; Corporations; Environmental aspects; Développement durable; Entreprises; Responsabilité sociale; Sociétés; Aspect de l'environnement
Description: "Sustainability in the Public Sector provides a quick-start guide for a wide variety of public sector stakeholders, equipping them with knowledge of both the sustainable development challenges and the political backdrop to this agenda. This guide: uncovers the history of the term "sustainable development" and introduces basic sustainability theory; highlights the realities of the politics behind the sustainable development agenda, alongside the responses of successive political administrations; provides a snapshot of how sustainable development in local government is developed and demystifies the roadmap for achieving the UK's 2050 carbon reduction targets. This book will be invaluable to a variety of public bodies, such as local authorities, and their stakeholders, including councillors, officers, members of Local Enterprise Partnerships, Local Nature Partnerships, scrutiny panels and other forums, in enhancing understanding of both the sustainable development challenge facing us today and the political backdrop to this agenda."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Understanding the Issues  -- Sonja Powell; title: chapter 2 The Politics of Sustainable Development  -- Sonja Powell; title: chapter 3 Sustainability Responses of UK Political Administrations  -- Sonja Powell; title: chapter 4 Where Are We -- A Picture of Sustainability in Local Government  -- Sonja Powell; title: chapter 5 What Next? -- Sonja Powell.