The Scottish Government

A Greener Scotland is one of this Government's five strategic objectives. A Greener Scotland means improving Scotland's natural and built environment and the sustainable use and enjoyment of it.

Achieving a Greener Scotland

What the public sector can do to increase sustainable economic growth: a Greener Public Sector Leaders event held in Edinburgh in May 2008.

The Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative (SSCI) is a planning-led initiative aimed at influencing and shaping future development which should be not only environmentally but also economically and socially sustainable.

Through Smarter Choices Smarter Places the Scottish Government is working to increase active travel and public transport use and tackle transport emissions.

Sustainable development and business, and the VIBES awards scheme: Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland


Helping to deliver on this important agenda are a wide range of bodies, some of the key players being listed here.

• The Greener Scotland Programme Board
  The group of senior officials which supports the DG Environment as the Strategic Board member responsible for leading work on the Greener Scotland strategic objective.
• The Greener Scotland Directorate
  The teams supporting the DG Environment and Greener Scotland Programme Board in their work on the Greener strategic objective and responsible for sustainable development within the Scottish Government
• Sustainable Development Commission in Scotland
  The national advisory body for sustainable development
• Sustainable Scotland Network
  What the SSN is and does
• Scottish Sustainable Development Forum
  What the SSDF is and does

Sustainable development elsewhere

• Sustainable Development in the UK Government
  Link to the UK Government's policies on sustainable development - see also Welsh Assembly Government and Northern Ireland Assembly policies.
• Sustainable Development in the EU and beyond
  Where sustainable development is on the global agenda