Increase Revenue & Profitability through Sustainable & Low Carbon Procurement
Learn from the best practices of Heathrow Airport, Carbon Trust and expertise at Loughborough University
This workshop aims to support businesses and SMEs in particular to drive revenue growth, increase profitability, reduce waste and duplication through the understanding of sustainable and low carbon procurement strategies, learning of best practices, networking and knowledge sharing.
Benefits for participants:-
• Increase profitability, drive revenue, win new business, reduce cost through sustainable and low carbon procurement strategies
• Improve your environmental performance by learning from Heathrow Airport Supply Chain and expertise of Carbon Trust
• Receive cutting edge academic expertise and access to a sustainability toolkit from Loughborough University
• Engage in dialogue through interactive round table panel discussion, share collective experiences, knowledge and best practices from across sectors
• Network, collaborate and identify business opportunities
• Get 1-2-1 business support and access to funding for Energy Efficiency
• Learn, share best practices and develop your business
• What are large companies like Heathrow Airport looking for from their suppliers in support of a low carbon supply chain?
• What is responsible supplier and sustainable procurement strategy?
• How a tool developed at Loughborough University and their cutting edge academic expertise can help your business
• What are the best practices used by Carbon Trust for leading companies in the UK?
• What is the Green Business Fund and how it can help you?
Agenda
What are large companies like Heathrow Airport looking for from their suppliers in support of a low carbon supply chain?
• Learn about the sustainable procurement strategies at Heathrow Airport
• What do Heathrow require from their suppliers to meet set targets
• Procurement insights explaining the quality standards required of suppliers
What are the leading practices of sustainable procurement? Carbon Trust’s experience of business in various sectors
- Building on the Heathrow example – further leading edge examples of building sustainable supply chains from business in various sector
- Benefits of understanding your environmental impact
- Cost reduction from eliminating waste/reducing your carbon footprint
Breakout Groups
- Sharing ideas on making a company a ‘2050 sustainable business’– how to be part of supply chains which deliver customer needs compatible with responsible, ethical and sustainable procurement
How to Evaluate, Identify and Improve Sustainability Performance: SUSTAIN- A Sustainable Manufacturing Tool
a. How toolkit developed at Loughborough can help you improve your sustainability performance
b. Learn from and receive cutting edge academic expertise from Loughborough University
Panel discussion/Q&A
- Fit for the future: How to ensure that you are on the road to being a ‘2050 sustainable business
Green Business Fund Energy Efficiency for SMEs workshop
• Understanding and reducing energy bills through behavioural and low-cost measures
• Major areas of energy consumption for SMEs
• An overview of the Green Business Fund services available to SMEs
The event includes a free networking lunch.
This agenda is subject to change.
Please note:
This event is delivered as part of the Collaborate Growing Business Together project and is specifically aimed at businesses based in Leicester and Leicestershire, with fewer than 250 employees and meet the eligibility criteria (all other bookings will be accepted subject to space availability).
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