Guidance website

Local Government Association (LGA)

Section of the LGA website dedicated to the environment and climate change. Understand latest news, best practice and case studies across the local government sector.

Understand the sustainability approaches across local authorities and gain an awareness of any implications for your projects.

Fully accessible

Usable by all

Beginner

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Software tool

World Economic Forum

The Strategic Intelligence Platform is a cutting edge knowledge management resource containing a huge amount of data and information continually collated by the forums network and supplemented by key findings from top universities. It allows the user to gain important insight into world wide topics, understand wider interdependencies with other issues and emerging trends and therefore make informed strategic decisions on complex issues and target setting.

Use an advanced knowledge management tool developed by the World Economic Forum to gain a wider context on global forces when setting targets and developing your project's business case.

Fully accessible but required to use certain supported web browsers e.g. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera and Edge

Usable by all

Intermediate

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Guidance website

Gov.uk website

Sets out the actions UK government departments and their agencies will take to reduce their impacts on the environment. This includes commitments around reducing greenhouse gas emissions; sending less waste to landfill and reducing the overall amount of waste produced.

It is important that you have an understanding of the government department targets that are relevant to your project. The website will provide clear sustainability targets for each government department.

Fully accessible

Usable by all

Beginner

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Guidance website

Gov.uk website

VNR is how the UK government reports to the United Nations (UN) on how they are progressing towards the Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), involving different government ministries and NGOs this website shares information about the Voluntary National Review and invites people and organisations to share information about their projects that contribute to the UK’s delivery of the SDGs.

Gain an understanding of the UK government's SDG commitments to assess any impact on your project.

Fully accessible

Usable by all

Beginner

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Guidance website

Sustainable Development Solutions Network andBertelsmann Stiftung

The Sustainable Development Report 2020 presents the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states and frames the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across these nations.

Understand the SDG commitments of any UN member states that have an interest in your project.

Fully accessible

Usable by all

Beginner

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