Sustainable Development

We see principles and ethics underpinning sustainability, and develop effective methodolgies that lead to a maturity of approach to the pressing issues of sustainable development.

We focus on:

What constitutes a sustainable direction?
Arriving at sustainable development principles and ethics
Using the BS8900 framework, ‘Managing Sustainable Development’
Making sustainable decisions
Embedding a culture of sustainability
Mapping maturity
Links to networks
Regulation and reputation

We offer consultancy or courses that develop this approach in detail. We prefer you to come to us, to benefit from the inspiring environment of the Lake District which is both an expression of centuries of balance and interdependence between man and the environment, but also a system under pressure – and a source of some solutions.

Course led by

David Jackman is chair of the BSI (British Standards Institution) Committee on Sustainable Development and primary author of the innovative BS8900 Guidance on Managing Sustainable Development and the accompanying Handbook that is used in the course. The development of BS8900 involved all main stakeholder groups - industry, government, labour, consumers and NGOs.

David is currently steering the development of a new series of certifiable standards following the template of BS8900 including on Sustainable Events (BS8901), procurement and a ground breaking standard for Sustainable Communities - BS8904.

He is the co-opted expert to the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, focusing on governance.

David is a Visiting Professor at London Metropolitan University. He lectures at events internationally and at Leeds University in Sustainable Development. He has recently become an associate of the Centre for Sustainability at Royal Holloway College, London University.

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