Newcastle City Council is committed to improving the environment in its progress towards a sustainable city. The policies and activities undertaken and promoted by the Council have many impacts on the environment. The Council has a leading role in creating a high quality local environment, now and for future generations and in reducing the adverse impact of the city on global communities.

The Council will continually monitor and improve its environmental performance and comply with relevant legislation, policies and codes of practice.

Newcastle City Council recognises its responsibility to the environment and is committed to:

1. Reducing the impacts of climate change and our contribution to the causes.
2. Making better use of our resources.
3. Reducing the amount of waste produced and increasing the amount recycled.
4. Impoving local air quality for all.
5. Protecting and enhancing the quality of the City's ground and surface waters.
6. Protecting and enhancing the City's biodiversity.
7. Protecting and enhancing the quality and diversity of the City's rural and urban land and landscapes.
8. Protecting the City's residents from exposure to intrusive noise.

The Council will use environmental management systems to identify, manage and monitor its policies and activities that have a direct or indirect environmental impact and will implement control measures to prevent pollution. The Council will communicate this policy to all staff, contractors and consultants and make it available to the general public. The Council will raise the environmental awareness of staff through training and development.

This structure provides the framework for setting environmental objectives and performance targets.

The Council expects its partners, contractors and suppliers to adopt and implement the principles contained within this policy and will achieve this through its procurement activities. This policy will be implemented in support of the Sustainability Charter for Newcastle upon Tyne.

For more information please contact Adrian McLoughlin.
Phone: 0191 211 6146

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