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  1. Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative: How to increase opportunities for small and local producers when aggregating food procurement

    This guidance is designed to help buyers and specifiers of food and catering services who are seeking to collaborate with others to aggregate demand, to encourage small producers to tender for their business; and safeguard the delivery of other PSFPI objectives while abiding with UK public procurement policy and the legal framework. This guidance complements the guide ‘Aggregation – is bigger always better?’ produced by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to help buyers assess the benefits and potential dangers of aggregation; and decide whether or not aggregation is the best solution for a particular contract, taking account of the requirements of the contract and the organisation – including the costs of letting and managing it and the structure and properties of the market.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 02 December 2009 | Download | Comment on this

  2. Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI)

    The PSFPI was launched in 2003 to deliver the Government’s Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy (SFFS). It's objectives are * to raise production and process standards, to increase tenders from small and local producers, to increase consumption of healthy and nutritious food, to reduce adverse environmental impacts of production and supply and to increase capacity of small and local suppliers to meet demand.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 02 December 2009 | Download | Comment on this

  3. Developing an Implementation Plan for Anaerobic Digestion

    This report sets out the recommendations of the Anaerobic Digestion Task Group for practical action to achieve a major increase in the uptake of anaerobic digestion in England.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 12 October 2009 | Download | Comment on this

  4. Carbon Reduction Commitment: User Guide

    Complete guidance on how to prepare for the scheme and what actions you will have to take during the scheme can be found in the CRC User Guide. This document provides a step by step guide to all aspects of the scheme. It explains what the scheme is, who it applies to and how it will work.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 12 March 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  5. Sustainable development indicators in your pocket

    A free pocket-sized (A6) booklet, Sustainable development indicators in your pocket 2008 (SDIYP) (1.1 MB), is now available. Copies are available free of charge and in bulk if required. In addition to the pocket-sized version we have produced an A4 version with larger print and graphics, aimed at making the booklet useful as a teaching aid and more accessible to those with poorer eyesight.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 31 July 2008 | Direct link | Comment on this

  6. UK National Sustainable Development Indicators

    Data are available (as excel files) for all 68 indicators of sustainable development which support the UK strategy. Each data file includes data, data sources and assessment information. The assessment information shows how the traffic light assessments were arrived at.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 31 July 2008 | Direct link | Comment on this

  7. e-Digest Statistics about: Climate Change

    Please note that the Climate Change statistics team are now part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) but DEFRA will continue to link to this website until the DECC website has been formally completed.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 04 June 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  8. Buy Sustainable - Quick Wins

    These 'Quick Wins' are specifically designed for procurers. They are a set of sustainable specifications for a range of commonly-purchased products, such as IT equipment, white goods, paper (including tissue), etc. The products assessed were chosen for their environmental / financial impact, scope for environmental improvement and political or example-setting function.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 04 June 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  9. BeeBase

    The National Bee Unit delivers the Bee Health Programmes on behalf of Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) in England & Wales.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 30 May 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  10. Stockwatch

    One of the best ways to learn how to integrate sustainable development into policymaking is to try it. This game allows you to practise how to think sustainably in a simulated situation, using the example of fisheries.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 30 May 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  11. Keeping our bees buzzing

    Honey bees are popularly known as Nature’s housekeepers. But as one of the world’s most important pollinators, they help keep animal and plant species thriving across the planet.

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 30 May 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this

  12. Waste Strategy Annual Progress Report 2007/08

    The Government published the Waste Strategy Annual Progress Report 2007/08 on 10 July 2008. This report presents an overview on progress made in the last year on the actions set in the Waste Strategy for England 2007 (WS2007). It highlights what has been

    from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on 29 May 2009 | Direct link | Comment on this