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Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 5
Delivering change through partnership
1.11 As the Mayor in isolation cannot deliver this strategy, it has been crucial
to its development that the views of London’s key delivery partners and
other stakeholders have been sought and incorporated. The Mayor first
received comments from stakeholders following the launch of the
background study 7 to this strategy. This was followed by a programme
of engagement in early 2006 and by listening to the views of those
who participated in a stakeholder dialogue in February 2006 8 .
1.12 In May 2007, a draft strategy was produced for consultation with the
London Assembly and Functional Bodies, which make up the Greater
London Authority (GLA) group. This was an excellent opportunity to
discuss the draft policies and proposals with a wide audience. A report
documenting the consultation process and summarising the discussions
and meetings held during the period of consultation, has been produced
as a supplementary document to this strategy. Key messages included:
■ ensuring the strategy engages with the small business sector and that
the most effective channels are developed to communicate and
support their green growth
■ putting a stronger emphasis on waste prevention.
1.13 Shortly after the Mayor’s draft Business Waste Strategy was published
for consultation with the London Assembly, the government’s Waste
Strategy for England 2007 was launched. The Mayor has to have regard
to a number of matters when preparing statutory strategies and has,
in practice, adopted the same standards when preparing non-statutory
strategies. One of the matters to which the Mayor must have regard
is the consistency of his strategies with national policies. Some of the
most substantial revisions to the strategy have therefore been to align
Mayoral policy with government policy.
1.14 The London Development Agency (LDA) will be a key partner in the
delivery of this strategy: Regional Development Agencies have an
increasingly important role in resource efficiency and waste management.
In addition, there are a number of other stakeholders, whose involvement
is crucial if change is to be made inevitable and achievable. Delivery
organisations, such as the London Climate Change Agency and London
Remade, will have a key role in developing partnerships to deliver the
services and infrastructure required by London’s businesses. The business
liaison groups, such as London First, the Federation of Small Businesses
and the Asian Business Network, are able to access London’s businesses
and translate the resource management agenda into the language of
economic growth and competitiveness appropriate to a business audience.