London Sustainable Development
Commission
Presentation by June Barnes, Chair and Peter Head
Aim to cover:
•
•
•
•
•
Background to LSDC
Tools – LSDC Framework and Guide
Challenge London
Virtuous cycles – China and London
Working with GLA Group
Background
•
•
•
•
Appointed in 2002 to advise the Mayor on sustainability
A regional ‘roundtable’ with links to national SDC
Around 20 commissioners appointed as individuals
Operate via 5 sub groups:
– GLA Group
– Planning and Development
– 2012 Games
– Promotion
– Executive
Framework
• Sustainable Vision for London
• Context for policy development
and decision making
• Tool for ‘integrated thinking’
• Sustainability appraisals of
projects, policies and strategies.
• 14 high level objectives.
To contribute to sustainable
development requires:
•
•
•
•
taking responsibility for your actions
respecting people and the environment in all that you do
managing the resources you use prudently
achieving sustainable results in all that you do.
London SD Guide
•
•
•
•
Practical tool
Questions
Case studies
References to further
sources of information,
support and guidance.
Sustainability Challenge London
• New LSDC initiative to make the case for London becoming truly sustainable
world city
• Identifying international best practice case studies
• Demonstrating the business case for sustainable action
• Deliverables:
– High level challenge document – ‘call to action’
– Well researched case studies demonstrating the business case for sustainability and
providing evidence on social benefits
– A tool kit for policy makers and practitioners A series of sectoral challenge workshops
(business, regional agencies, local authorities, voluntary and community sector)
Examples of virtuous cycles of benefit that can be used to
drive integrated beneficial sustainable development
- Arup examples from the Dongtan Eco-City project
- Thames Gateway examples
Dongtan: an Integrated Approach to Value
Through Better Planning and Design
Objectives can be set and delivered economically by exploiting ‘Virtuous Cycles’ of
health and Sustainable Development
Better Health, Lower Cost
Higher Productivity
Poor Health, Higher Cost
Lower Productivity
Access/Exercise/Emissions
Cycling, walking
Car Use
Leisure
Access to Green Space
No Green Space
Emissions, Air Quality
Public transport
Car use, congestion
Safety
People on the streets,
lower crime
No pedestrians
higher crime
Food and
Nutrition Education
Locally grown organic
food and good diet
(low emission)
Poor diet and
non organic food
(high emission)
Urban Development
Mixed use
(better worklife balance)
Single use
(poorer worklife balance)
Building Design
Good air quality
natural ventilation
Poor air quality
air conditioning
Dongtan 1
Dongtan 2
Dongtan 3
Thames Gateway
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Off site manufacturing plant for new housing
Delivers high quality components faster and at lower cost
Retrain local businesses as suppliers
Pull-through the local supply chain to create local jobs and economic benefit
Less transport, reduced congestion and reduced emissions
Recycle local waste into supply chain
Flexible low energy designs
R&D to deliver continuous improvement
Cranberry Juice Project: Vision for
CHP
To develop a Sustainable Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Plant that
contributes to the following objectives:
Eradicate fuel poverty
Deliver material reductions in CO2 emissions
Provide a place of learning and knowledge
Creation of a social enterprise model
Cranberry Juice Project: Partnership
Delivering CHP
•London Borough Newham
Star Primary School
Eastlea Community School
Children & Young People’s Services
Property & Design Services
•Solon Housing Association
•Mitali Housing Association
•Cranberry Estate Community Representation
•Contractors (Ove Arup & Pitman Tozer)
Towards a Sustainable London…
• What are the challenges faced by the FBs in delivering
your operations?
• How will adopting a sustainability approach improve your
effectiveness?
• What are your specific needs in relation to:
– Capacity building at senior level
– Mainstreaming throughout organisation
– Project tools