Environmental Sustainability Forum – Seminar recording now available

Our DAG Summer Term – Environmental Sustainability Forum on 24th June brought together experts from Devon County Council, the Diocese of Exeter, DfE Climate Ambassadors and Let’s Go Zero to discuss how schools can get ready for the Department for Education’s sustainability leadership and climate action plans initiative.

The DfE require that by 2025, all education settings will have nominated a sustainability lead and put in place a climate action plan. This applies to all school settings, both maintained and academies.

Governors and trustees can lead change in this important area. The DfE are clear that senior decision makers, SLT and governors should support and drive school sustainable activity. They should:

• Provide the authority and support to drive and embed culture change
• Ensure climate change and sustainability feature on the agenda at key meetings
• Be responsible for succession planning, so that commitment to sustainability endures in the setting.

DAG recognises that there is a wealth of relevant advice and resources available, particularly online and numerous initiatives underway at local, regional and national scale, but understands that this can be somewhat overwhelming and difficult to navigate for those who are new to the subject. Over forty governors and trustees attended this recent forum to hear first-hand how to move this important area of governance forward.  The session was recorded to support more DAG members to gain an insight into this important subject, the recording is now available on the DAG website, please click here to watch a recording of the Forum