Being Sustainable

We maintain and enhance social environments, which support economic and ecological resilience, aligned with biodiverse natural environments and healthy functioning ecosystems. This supports our commitment and the capacity to adapt to change, balancing short-term needs with safeguarding our future.

As your Commissioner, I will: Lobby for a longer-term fair funding settlement for Welsh police forces, by making the case for Wales to receive a fair allocation of funding arising from any Comprehensive Spending

Review, review of the police funding formula or other relevant distribution of resources.

Develop and embed an innovative culture in terms of sustainability, by reducing our carbon footprint and ensuring our estate, vehicle fl eet, supplies, services processes and procedures are environmentally responsible. Ensure eff ective stewardship of the police estate.

Drive effi ciency through collaboration and learning. Encourage and enable work with the College of Policing, the wider police service, partners and academia, to identify and share learning about current threats.

Support investment in analytical capability, decarbonisation projects, IT developments and innovative modernisation programmes. Encourage partnership working to respond to the Climate Emergency, both in terms of sustainability and environmentally friendly policies and ensuring we have the collective capability and capacity to deal with the impact of Climate Change, such as fl ooding and other severe weather episodes.