Features of a Voluntary Agreement:
- “A body”** holds achievable targets – signatories help to deliver them
- Each target is for the sector as a whole and not for individual businesses
- All targets are consistent with Governments’ targets
- It is “the body’s” responsibility to ensure that the collective actions of all signatories are sufficient for the targets to be delivered
How is an agreement supported:
- Support development of impact prevention plans
- Develop online resources & tools
- Establish working groups to tackle priorities
- Work to tackle common issues
- Evaluate the change delivered
- Stakeholder messaging
- Share best practice guidance
Responsibility of the signatories:
- A commitment to work with “the body” to develop plans and reporting mechanisms to help deliver the new voluntary agreement; and
- Working with stakeholders, staff and suppliers to encourage them to prevent waste arising and to reuse and recycle more.
*definition according to WRAP’s HaFSA
** “the body” to be defined
