Sustainability consultation avoids lessons from the past
The Government has embarked on a consultation which will see a revised UK sustainable development strategy launched next year.1 There will be closer attention to delivery of outcomes and changing behaviour, and climate change and sustainable consumption will be among a clearer set of priorities. The Government has deliberately avoided reviewing the lessons of the past five years - but its failure to get the business community to match up to the current strategy is a warning of what lies in store if the new version is no more ambitious and no better driven.