SUSTAINABILITY

FOREWORD
Editors
Iain Perkins
Hannah Mintram
Designed by
Darren Bourne
Aspire Defence Services Ltd
Multi Media Centre, LWC
Editorial Board
Jane Hallett (Chair)
Richard Brooks
Editorial Contact
Defence Infrastructure
Organisation
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Email: DIO-Sanctuary@mod.uk
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Sanctuary is an annual
publication about sustainable
development in the Ministry of
Defence (MOD), and the
sustainable management of the
natural and built assets across
the Defence estate. It illustrates
how the MOD is undertaking its
responsibility for stewardship of
the estate in the UK and
overseas. It is designed for a wide
audience, from the general
public, to the people who work
for us or volunteer as members
of the MOD Conservation
Groups.
Sanctuary is produced for the
MOD by the Defence
Infrastructure Organisation.
Sanctuary has been
printed by the kind
sponsorship of the
Industry Partners below:
Welcome by Jonathan Slater
Director General Head Offce
and Commissioning Services
It gives me great pleasure to welcome
you to the 2015 edition of Sanctuary
Magazine which showcases some of the
great sustainability work taking place
across the MOD to benefit the Defence
estate. The magazine also celebrates its
40th anniversary this year and you’ll see
many examples of past projects and
long-standing partnerships in this edition
that demonstrates the commitment and
variety of activities supported on the
Defence estate.
Whilst we look back it is also an
opportunity to look forward to the future
of sustainability within the MOD. This year
sees the launch of the new Sustainable
MOD Strategy 2015-2025 which provides
the direction to address risks to our
business and capabilities, to enable us to
be more effcient, resilient and adaptable
to the future.
We must act on our key issues such as
climate resilience, to lessen risk to our
business; and we must evolve our business
to be ready for the future by challenging
and improving our working environments
and systems. I am confident that by acting
to make our resource use sustainable, and
evolving our business to be resilient, we
can better support a modern military and
the communities that live, work and train
on and around our estate.
The awards are a time to celebrate
the people and projects which are
strengthening our focus on enduring
stewardship and I would like to offer my
congratulations to each of the Sanctuary
Award winners and runners up, who once
again have shown their dedication to
improving the sustainability of the estate.
As always the Sanctuary Award judges
have chosen some fantastic winners this
year. I am very pleased to see that the
Silver Otter trophy has been awarded to
the Digging Warhorse project which has
brought military heritage to life for so
many people, including school children
who were able to really get involved in the
project and make it their own. This project
is especially poignant as we commemorate
the Centenary of WWI.
We are honoured to have His Royal
Highness The Prince of Wales contribute a
foreword to this 40th anniversary edition.
I hope you enjoy reading this
year’s magazine.
Sanctuary 44 • 2015