The Welsh Assembly has launched a new consultation on its Sustainable Development Bill White paper.

The consultation sets out the Assembly’s plans for legislation to place a Sustainable Development (SD) duty on some organisations in Wales and create a new independent SD body.

The Assembly’s Programme for Government committed it to legislating 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.

The Assembly held a consultation earlier this year on its initial proposals for the Bill and used the responses to help develop the proposals set out in the white paper, A Sustainable Wales: Better choices for a better future.

The new consultation is seeking stakeholder 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.

The Assembly will also be holding a series of consultation events - for further information on the events and how to register contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Deadline for submission of responses to the consultation is 4^th March 2013.