1. Groundwork Environmental Business Services  Environmental, quality, health & safety and leadership & management support -compliance & risk management -improve your businesses resource efficiency -manage customer requirements and supply chain issues -deliver your environmental goals -help to progress your core business objectives (added value) -advance your CSR agenda

2. Groundwork Environmental Business Services Businesses making environmental improvements are addressing key business survival issues:  Risk  Reward  Reputation However, it’s about much more than just survival its about….assisting your business to grow, access to new opportunities, attain competitive advantage, increased resilience, innovation, added value Moving your business towards achieving triple bottom line benefits (people – prosperity – environment)

3. Groundwork Environmental Business Services  Term ‘Sustainability’ appears on corporate agendas, in government policy and the media - yet often avoided as a concept  Everyday businesses have a role to play in managing sustainability impacts  Collectively, SMEs could have a greater impact than multinationals  Growing demand for sustainability management from customers and suppliers  Vital for businesses seeking to compete for contracts with government or corporations  However mixed messages, policy uncertainties are understandably impacting on business embracing sustainability  Sustainability = unwanted burden?

4. Environmental Business Pledge

5.  Delivered by Groundwork  Scheme designed to support organisations to improve their environmental performance and efficiency  Supports business development and sustainability  Entry level environmental management system (plan, do, check, act)  Incorporates a typical resource efficiency approach  Incorporates CSR elements  Reward & recognition scheme - evidence based

6. Environmental Business Pledge

8. What has the scheme achieved?  Provided a joined up, business led support programme  Provided a programme that is relevant to both the micro through to the multinational  Reduced the environmental impact of businesses and organisations  Reduced business risk and increase business resilience  Supported economic gain & job creation  Rewarded businesses who are making a difference

9. Environmental Business Pledge Achievements in Stockport since April 2012:  90 businesses registered  24 Resource Efficiency reviews undertaken  748k cost savings identified  20 Awards issued  Events and workshops

10. Business Benefits  Save costs to your business  Give you a competitive edge  Demonstrate your environmental credentials with customers  Assist with supply chain management  Compliance  Reduce your carbon footprint  Improve your CSR  Positive PR

11. Business Benefits “ The EBP has given us the opportunity to identify areas of environmental aspects for further improvement as well as helping us to fine tune those already working well to a high standard we strive to attain. Without the help, advice and drive to achieve the awards of the EBP, we wouldn’t have made the progress it has in such a short period of time.” WFEL “Implementing the pledge has made us more aware of our impact upon the environment and encouraged us to reduce our carbon footprint” UK Biocentre

12. New Groundwork Business Support Services  Green Business Membership  Resource Efficiency Services  Building Performance/Facility Manager  Scorecard Light

13. New Groundwork Business Support Services Green Business Membership:  Members certificate  Business diagnostic  Information Services/Newsletter  EHS legal updates  Helpline support  Networking events  Training discounts  Online profile page

14. New Groundwork Business Support Services Resource Efficiency Support:  Review, report and agreed action plan (energy, waste, water, renewables, transport, policies)  Compressed air leak detection  Energy data-logging surveys  Thermal imaging surveys  Staff training  Policy support  Carbon foot-printing/GHG emissions

15. New Groundwork Business Support Services Building/Facility Management Services:  Utility measurement, monitoring and control software (plug level)  User friendly web based dashboards  Real time automated reporting  Multi site application  Alerts when thresholds exceeded  BREEAM In Use standard  Display Energy Certificates  Energy Performance Certificates  Facility Manager service

16. Contact Details Jonathan Crabtree Groundwork MSSTT Tel: 0161 220 1044 Email: jonathan.crabtree@groundwork.org.uk http://www.groundwork.org.uk/msstt Follow: @groundworkebs