Appendix 1
Our Stakeholders
Who are our main environmental stakeholders?
| Stakeholders | Why? |
| Government Agencies | Government departments and agencies such as the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Transport, Office for Low Emission Vehicles and the Environment Agency set regulation, policy and influence industry and business to meet national targets and comply with regulations. They provide and guide the steps that we should be taking to innovate, implement and create new approaches to benefit a low carbon economy. It is through maintaining relationships at a national and Government level that we can work towards the take up of new technologies, encourage a smarter approach to travel choices, move towards innovation and adoption of new technologies etc. |
| Urban Transport Group | The Urban Transport Group (UTG) brings together and promotes the interests of Britain's largest urban areas on transport. UTG members share knowledge and good practice and UTG represent and responds to national sustainability policy issues on behalf of its members. |
| UITP Commission and Sustainability Charter members |
WMCA signed up as full members to the Sustainability Charter committing to continually embed the principles of sustainability into the organisation. As members of the Charter we network and share information with UITP’s global network. |
| Public Transport Operators | WMCA works extensively with public transport operators to help promote and deliver sustainable travel and a world class transport network. |
| The Local Public | We have a commitment to the local community and general public to minimise our impact on the environment. Also to encourage the take up of sustainable travel behaviour to promote health, wellbeing and economic growth. |
| The seven West Midlands District Authorities & Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) |
WMCA works extensively with the seven district authorities and LEPs to help us deliver a world class public transport system and support the achievement of regional environmental and air quality targets. |
| Staff | We are committed to promote environmental awareness, carbon reduction and good environmental governance so that better environmental choices are made to help minimise the organisations environmental impact and promote sustainable growth. |
| Suppliers and Contractors | We aim to promote and embed best practice for sustainable procurement through education, communication and working with staff, suppliers and other regions and local authorities. This ensures we work towards maximising sustainable procurement gains for the region, reducing resource usage and seeking environmentally sustainable alternatives. |
| Academic Institutions | Working and enabling collaboration with academic institutions allows us to equip our people with the knowledge and skills to support the transition to a low carbon economy. |