Sustainable Development Bill – White paper

We committed in the Programme for Government to:

• legislate to put sustainable development at the core of the Welsh Government and public bodies in Wales; and
• create an independent sustainable development body for Wales.

We held a consultation earlier this year on our initial proposals for the Bill. We have used those responses to help us develop the proposals set out in this white paper, A Sustainable Wales: Better choices for a better future.

We now want your views on:

• the proposals for a new duty to embed sustainable development as the central organising principle of selected organisations in Wales;
• the proposals for an independent sustainable development body;
• the proposed phasing and implementation of the duty, including the timing for the creation of the independent sustainable development body; and
• the proposals to improve the accountability framework for sustainable development in Wales.