Agenda item

Councillor Wann submits a report that recommends amendments to the corporate Environmental Policy to align with One Leicester, and provides Cabinet with information on the Council’s annual environmental progress through the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). Cabinet is recommended to approve the recommendations as set out in Paragraph 3 of the report.

Copies of Appendix 2 and 3 are not attached. They are available for Members to view in the Group Rooms, or can be viewed on the Council’s website at the following link:

http://www.cabinet.leicester.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.asp?CId=78&MId=2437&Ver=4

All other appendices are attached for Members of the Cabinet only and can be viewed as above.

A minute extract from the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board on 4 December 2008 will be circulated as soon as it is available.

Councillor Wann submitted a report that recommended amendments to the corporate Environmental Policy to align with One Leicester, and provided Cabinet with information on the Council’s annual environmental progress through the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).

It was noted that more schools had joined the scheme, but that others were to be encouraged to sign up to it.

RESOLVED;

                        that Cabinet:

1)     Agrees the text for the amended Environmental Policy (appendix 6 of the report);

2)     Notes progress towards the EMAS targets during 2007/08 (see appendix 1);

3)     Agrees new targets and amendments to existing corporate targets (see appendix 4);

4)     Agrees the implementation of the proposed 2008/09 action programme (see appendix 3);

5)     Agrees the draft text for the 11^th EMAS Public Statement (see appendix 2);

6)     Agrees the management review of EMAS (appendix 5).