UK Architects Declare

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR, BY• ESTABLISHING AND REGULARLY UPDATING AN INDUSTRY WIDE RECOGNISED DECLARATION FOR ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES WHICH CAN REDUCE EMISSIONS, WASTE AND MATERIAL USE.• PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS, ACROSS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, OF THE CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY EMERGENCIES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, RESEARCH, SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION TO HELP SIGNATORY PRACTICES MEET THE DEMANDS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATIONS.• WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT AND POLICY MAKERS TO INFORM AND ADVISE THEM OF WAYS IN WHICH POLICY AND LAWS CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE BIODIVERSITY AND MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWERTO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.