Government departments failing to meet targets on cutting pollution and waste
Covering an area of over a quarter of a million hectares, emitting about as much CO2 as Liverpool and with overall responsibility for more than £100 billion, the UK Government is required to meet sustainability targets to ensure its resources are managed responsibly and our money spent wisely. The government established its across-the-board environmental targets in 2002 but the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) has found they are not being met.