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CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY 
Paper 2 Annex 1 10/03/06 


CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY: 
ORGANISATIONAL GREENING POLICY 

The Cairngorms National Park Authority was established in April 2003 with the purpose of 
ensuring the delivery of the statutory four Aims of the Cairngorms National Park in a collective 
and co-ordinated manner. These Aims are: 

• To conserve and enhance the natural and cultural heritage of the area 

• To promote sustainable use of the natural resources of the area 

• To promote understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the area by the 
public 

• To promote sustainable economic and social development of the area’s communities. 

In achieving this function, the CNPA as an entity consumes and deploys resources with 
consequent impacts on the environment. Accordingly the Authority has a duty to use its own 
resources economically, efficiently and effectively to reduce these impacts. In order to achieve 
this goal and to set a positive example to others in the Park, we have developed, the following 
Organisational Greening Policy Statement to guide our actions: 


1. Office 

We shall seek continual improvement to our environmental performance by aiming to: 
• minimise overall resource use in all our offices and operations; 

• increase use of renewable as opposed to non-renewable resources; 

• use reusable and recycled materials wherever practical; 

• minimise harmful outputs to the environment; 

• minimise waste production by reusing and recycling wherever feasible; and 

• minimise energy consumption, and the consequent production of atmospheric 
pollutants by regular review, by progressive introduction of energy efficient equipment 
and systems in all offices, and by the active promotion of energy saving actions amongst 
staff. 


2. Travel 

We shall review all our travel practices and aim to encourage a minimisation in the use of motor 
cars by staff and Board Members: 

• for getting to their workplace through encouragement of cycling, walking, car sharing 
and appropriate home working; 

• when travelling for business, through encouraging public transport for long journeys, by 
using pool vehicles with good environmental performance in relation to functional 
requirements; 

• by encouraging sharing of vehicles wherever practicable; 

• by minimising the need to travel for meetings through the use of teleconferencing and 
other technology. 


3. Procurement 

We shall develop meaningful environmental impact criteria which will be incorporated into our 
procurement procedures for services and materials 


4. Performance Indicators 

We shall develop meaningful performance targets against which we shall measure and report 
our environmental improvements on a regular basis. 


5. Assessments 

We shall make effective use of Strategic Environmental Assessments to ensure that our plans 
and policies governing our statutory and other functions are most environmentally beneficial. 


6. Influencing Others 

We shall establish the CNPA as positive example and use our powers to encourage and enable 
others to carry out their functions in compliance with best environmental practice. 


7. Active Staff Participation 

In achieving the above, we shall: 

• promote the active involvement of all our staff, harnessing and encouraging their 
interest, ideas, energy and commitment; and 

• provide clear information, advice, guidance and training to achieve this end.