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Scottish Enterprise: Environmental Management and Low Carbon Policy Promote and deliver the economic benefits of a low carbon economy Introduction The scope of this policy covers our internal environmental management (staff travel, offices and commercial property portfolio) and our wider work to promote the economic benefit from a low carbon economy. It covers the broad spectrum of sustainable development issues including climate change. Implementing this policy will help us to deliver Scotland’s Economic Strategy and to comply with the Public Bodies Duty on climate change - within the framework of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act, 2009. This Act commits Scotland to a 42% carbon reduction by 2020 and 80% by 2050. Our Low Carbon and Sustainability Statement summarises our work to promote low carbon as a green growth market opportunity for Scottish companies, supported by resource efficiency to help all companies to be more productive. Our Carbon Management Plan details our activities to reduce the environmental impact of our staff travel; and the waste, water and energy from our operational offices and commercial property portfolio. We publish an annual Climate Change Report that summarises our emissions and progress towards our targets. Our Unique Role Scottish Enterprise will promote the economic benefits that can arise from a low carbon economy through our influence on investors, businesses and policymakers. We will offer a portfolio of services to business to promote low carbon opportunities through financial and infrastructure investment, innovation, business support, research and good practice case studies. Our Low Carbon Vision We want to be a recognised leader, both within Scotland and beyond, to support the Government’s ambition to stimulate sustainable economic growth. For our internal operations, we want to be recognised as an environmentally responsible organisation. We will achieve this by reducing our carbon emissions and by working with others to share good practice. Policy Objectives Our low carbon objectives will benefit the Scottish economy and reduce carbon emissions. We will: Identify, research and promote opportunities to support the development of low carbon technologies, services, products and processes; Increase company profits by supporting productivity improvements, with a focus on innovation, resource efficiency and promoting ‘circular economy’ models; Influence our partners to help develop a low carbon Scottish economy; Reduce our own carbon emissions. These objectives, delivered through effective collaboration between the public sector, business and academia, will help Scotland to achieve its carbon reduction targets and strengthen Scotland’s low carbon brand and international reputation. Policy We will embed sustainable development into all of our activities, including: Champion the economic opportunities arising from the transition to a low carbon economy by promoting this explicitly in our support to companies, sectors and the wider business environment; Help companies to realise the business benefits of eco-innovation, sustainable business practices and resource efficiency through the strategic discussions we have with growth companies; Embed low carbon opportunities throughout our business plan, and undertake a carbon assessment of all projects to maximise opportunities and minimise emissions; Reduce our internal CO2 emissions by 42%1 by 2020 from a 2009/10 baseline; and Promote sustainable development in our activities with partners and the business community; and work with our partners to assist Scotland’s businesses to be more resilient to the impacts of climate change. To support these policy objectives, we will: Ensure that all buildings that we construct or substantially refurbish, directly or through a supported project, are a minimum of BREEAM ‘excellent’ standard (or equivalent) and Energy Performance Certificate ‘A’ rating, wherever reasonably possible; Maintain our environmental management system for our internal operations, aligned to ISO 14001 principles; Optimise the environmental benefits of procurement decisions by considering the whole lifecycle costs of goods, services and works. We will use our sustainable procurement policy to include environmental criteria in pre-qualification questionnaires and invitations to tender; and Reduce the environmental impact of conferences and seminars by promoting our Greener and Accessible Events guide to event organisers and venue managers. Implementation and Monitoring Our Climate Change Team will monitor progress of our environmental management system and our Carbon Management Plan. Actions within the Low Carbon and Sustainability Statement are delivered by our Sector Teams. Our annual statutory Climate Change report will show progress on our internal carbon emissions and on our wider influence on carbon emissions from businesses and the economy. Our staff have an important role to deliver the actions in our Plan, and where appropriate, we will incorporate these actions into their performance objectives. February 2016 42%, in line with the Scottish Government’s 2020 target, albeit with a tougher baseline of 2009/10, compared to Scotland’s 1990 baseline. 1