Environment City
Leicester City Council has played an active role in encouraging and supporting measures which protect our environment.
Leicester became Britain's first "Environment City" in 1990. In 1992, we were one of twelve world cities invited to attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Since then we adopted numerous green policies to ensure our services and activities meet the high standards we encourage others to adopt.
Need help?
Practical help and advice is offered to help you get involved in projects happening around the city and fact sheets are available.
Visit the Environment City website (www.environmentcity.org.uk)* for more information; or telephone (0116) 252 6765.
One Leicester Sustainable Community Strategy
The One Leicester sustainable community strategy fully explains future plans for improving the quality of life in the city.
EMAS
To ensure that our environmental standards are monitored, maintained and improved wherever possible, we've adopted the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme - or EMAS in short.
This Europe-wide scheme will helps us to manage and improve our environmental performance, helping the council authority to achieve sustainable development in everything we do.
Each Year an EMAS Public Environmental Statement is produced; you can view the Environmental Statement here.
Visit the national EMAS website (www.emas.org.uk)* for more about the EMAS standard. Or call (0116) 252 6775.
Green Life Awards
In recognition of the environmental work taking place across Leicester, the Green Life Awards are given annually to individuals, groups and businesses who have made outstanding efforts.
Find out more about the Green Life Awards.
* Leicester City Council is not responsible for content and services on external websites.
