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Shared UK principles of sustainable development

 

This page sets out the shared UK principles of sustainable development in the UK. They apply to the UK Government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Administration. For a policy to be sustainable, it must respect all five principles. We want to live within environmental limits and achieve a just society, and we will do so by means of sustainable economy, good governance, and sound science.

Shared UK principles of sustainable development

Sustainable development in devolved administrations:

 

  

Updated: 6 March 2008

 
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