Nominate a project for the Sanctuary Awards!
Nominations for the MOD Sanctuary Awards close on 31 July and we’re looking for entries in the Net Zero and Resource Efficiency Award as well as the Sustainable Procurement and Construction Award.
Climate Change
Winners of Sanctuary Awards 2020 Announced
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Richard Brooks, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Armed Forces, Belize, British Army, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Environment and Ecology, Portsmouth, RAF Brize Norton, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Salisbury Plain Training Area, Sanctuary Awards, Wildlife
This week we hosted the first ever virtual Sanctuary Awards ceremony! The Sanctuary Awards have been showcasing outstanding sustainability and conservation efforts across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) estate since 1991, celebrating the achievements of teams and individuals in the …
The life of an Area Utility Manager
We all like to moan about the cost of our home energy and water bills, but imagine what the rising cost of these mean for an organisation as big as the Ministry of Defence.
Introducing DIO's new Director of Strategy and Plans
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Major General Bobby Walton-Knight, Posted on:
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Climate Change, Conservation, Environment and Ecology, Sustainability
My early service in the Royal Engineers was in armored engineer roles in the UK and Germany, with deployments to the Falkland Islands, Angola, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, and exercises in Canada, Poland, Belize, Australia and Cyprus.
Sustainable construction in Defence
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Isobel Asher, Posted on:
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Accommodation, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment and Ecology, Glen Mallan jetty, Project Wellesley, RAF Lakenheath, VolkerStevin, Worthy Down
The MOD’s sustainability strategy aims to reduce defence’s contribution to carbon and greenhouse emissions on the defence estate.
DIO’s commitment to planting trees
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Jez Kalkowski, Posted on:
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Catterick Training Area, Climate Change, Forestry
You may have seen the recent Guardian article about Friends of Earth calling for more trees to be planted to help reduce the impact of climate change.