Our Environmental Policy

Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau is committed to ensuring that our natural and built environment, upon which tourism within Scotland is so dependent, is safeguarded for future generations to enjoy.

We are committed to continuing to improve our environmental performance, minimising our environmental impact and making resource efficiency a core requirement of all our operations.

We will seek to promote good practice by others.

Our organisation (in partnership with Dundee City Council) 

Energy

Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will monitor and manage its consumption and use of energy. We will work to reduce the consumption of energy and to reduce our contribution to emissions of gases and other pollutants which are believed to contribute to climate change.

Water
We will work to reduce the consumption of water within our buildings and reduce discharges.

Waste
Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will work to reduce the volume of waste within its buildings and estate, by wherever possible: 

• reducing consumption of
• repairing
• re-using
• recycling

all materials used within its buildings and estates both in daily operations and in construction and other projects.

Transport
Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will monitor and work to reduce its contribution to environmental emissions from travel undertaken for business purposes.

Procurement
Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will purchase goods and services to minimise adverse environmental effects. Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will seek to undertake sustainable procurement actions that comply with EC regulatory requirements and UK Government policy on public procurement and its requirement to provide best value.

Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will use local suppliers where appropriate and will encourage its suppliers to commit to improving environmental performance.

Other
Where possible Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will manage its consumption and use of other resources and materials used within its estate, working to minimise our reliance on non-renewable resources and to avoid use of any hazardous substances.

Our staff

We recognise the responsibility staff have in contributing to good environmental management. Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will seek to harness and channel the enthusiasm and interest shown by staff and will provide appropriate information and support to ensure that all staff exercise their environmental responsibility. 

Our visitors

Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will encourage our visitors to cherish our environment so that it can be appreciated by future generations. We will seek to raise awareness amongst our visitors of the impacts that tourism can have and what they can do to reduce their impacts. 

Our business partners

Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will promote environmental good practice to its business partners, encouraging a shared responsibility to protecting the environment that brings so many of our visitors.

Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau will incorporate the principles set out in this environmental policy into its day to day operations developing appropriate:

• procedures for day to day operations
• Business and Action Plan