1. BESST Sustainability best practice deployment
BESST Case Study
BESST- METNET- SCE
Event & Exhibition
Thursday 28th February 2013

2. BESST Development
BESST members have been developing and sharing business environmental best practice for over 10 years
Several members have achieved or have driven Zero Waste to Landfill programs.
Greater than 90% material recovery rates achieved
Recycled and Reused materials adding to bottom line business benefits

3. Ricoh - Zero Waste Business Benefit
Waste Streams
Recycled Product
- £46k
£50k
£59k
Zero Waste profitability (1st Decade)
RGS Cost avoided since 2001: - £1.7 Million
“Waste-2-Product” Profitability: £232, 805
Product
Waste
Recycling Centre

4. Telford IS. Events IS

5. Industrial Symbiosis Program
BESST “Quick Wins”
Industrial Symbiosis Program
Presentations, waste mapping training and local case studies
4 Workshops to match producers and carriers for various waste products – to highlight business opportunities to reduce costs and increase sales
Final event: 840 potential IS matches were made

6. Sharing BESST’s use of IS principles is now a model for NISP program.
Used by NISP’s International Development team to show how IS can be achieved.

7. IWCAIS 2012
International Working Conference on Applied Industrial Symbiosis 2012
BESST case study presented alongside international examples.
Global Case studies - UK, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Mexico, Korea, China, USA
Case studies taken to UN’s Rio Conference on Sustainability

8. Stakeholder Links

9. Summary Sustainability = Business Continuity
Manufacturers now grasp Resource Conservation as a strategic issue (Zero Waste / Remanufacturing)
Business networks provide effective access for environmental improvement. Local Environmental cluster developments being promoted internationally
Developing sustainability adds business value
Sustainability: Environmental improvement and bottom line business benefits are synonymous
Sustainability = Business Continuity