Governing document SOUTHWOOD FOUNDATION
Governing document
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 NOV 2018
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:- 1.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (AS DEFINED AT ARTICLE 1.3) IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY:- (1) PROMOTING THE ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABILITY; (2) DEVELOPING AND/OR PROMOTING NEW APPROACHES, TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTS, BEHAVIOURS AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY; (3) PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICE IN SUSTAINABILITY IN FURTHERANCE OF IMPROVED AND ACCELERATED DECARBONISATION AND WORKING POSITIVELY WITH NATURE AND NATURAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY; AND (4) DEVELOPING AND/OR PROMOTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW NATURE AND NATURAL SYSTEMS CAN BE EMULATED AND/OR APPLIED IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BIOMIMICRY (AS ALSO DEFINED AT ARTICLE 1.3); 1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 1.3 IN THIS ARTICLE: 'BUILT ENVIRONMENT' MEANS PLACES AND SPACES CREATED OR MODIFIED BY PEOPLE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BUILDINGS, PUBLIC REALM, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS AND FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; 'NATURAL ENVIRONMENT' MEANS ALL LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS OCCURRING NATURALLY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LIVING SPECIES, CLIMATE, WEATHER AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND 'BIOMIMICRY' MEANS THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS, STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS THAT ARE MODELLED ON BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES AND PROCESSES.
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