Company Membership Let us help you reach all the universities and colleges in the UK
• The EAUC is the environmental and sustainability champion for the universities, colleges and learning and skills sector across the UK • We have both Educational and Company Members and link all Members by working together to drive sustainability to the heart of higher and further education
Contact: 01242 714321 info@eauc.org.uk www.eauc.org.uk
Our vision is a university, college and learning and skills sector where the principles and values of environmental, economic and social sustainability are embedded.
Company Members and the EAUC have a proven track record of continuously driving sustainability initiatives within the educational sector since 1996, with Company Members choosing from a range of different membership packages that include: • Business opportunities • Positive PR • Annual Conferences • Green Gown Awards • Innovative projects producing new tools and resources • Policy advice and consultations • Continuing Professional Development We want to see sustainable business grow alongside sustainable education.
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Our EAUC membership is important as it provides us with a platform to network across the higher and further education sector in sharing best practice and innovation for waste management solutions Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc
The education sector has an estimated purchasing power of £20 billion per annum on goods and services
What can we offer you by working with you? EAUC Company Membership is open to all types of companies offering products and/or services to the universities, colleges and learning and skills sector. Our ethos is to work with both Company and Educational Members so both gain from a long term mutually beneficial relationship: • We will establish a bespoke relationship with you. Our relationship manager will identify what your needs are and suggest ways to work together building upon and developing your potential, exploring new opportunities so we can work together to meet both our needs • We have the contacts to help you reach out in a professional and effective way that builds value across your business by joining an elite group • When it comes to choosing products and services, our Educational Members can see the benefits too and share the rewards of collaborating with mutually committed companies on their sustainability journey • We constantly listen to and seek out the needs of both Company and Educational Members to explore and identify new initiatives and collaborations for the benefit of both
Membership has enabled us to discuss our environmental credentials with universities and colleges and engage with multiple key educational stakeholders on this important topic. At EAUC events, we have been able to demonstrate how we have helped institutions reduce both expenditure, waste and their carbon footprint Canon (UK) Ltd
The EAUC has over 200 Educational Members and over 4,200 key decision makers - we help you to connect www.eauc.org.uk 3
With our help we can bring your values to life and generate real social and environmental change Benefits of Company Membership Sustainability and CSR issues are becoming more important to consumers, shareholders and employees. These issues in turn can become powerful business advantages and USPs. The EAUC can help you achieve these and deliver business benefits by working with you. We can provide a range of benefits such as: • Exclusive access to a world of resources and the latest news on environmental legislation, best practice and new technologies all at the click of a button
• Inclusion in the Green Directory giving you an immediate online profile
• Helping you achieve solutions to your CSR objectives
• Insight into what Educational Members want, need and hot topics they are discussing for your information
• Positive PR to promote your company and help to reach your target marketplace • Leveraging your brand and business to over 200 UK educational institutions • Reach over 4,200 key decision makers • By linking your brand with the EAUC you will obtain instant recognition from our Educational Members that open up new opportunities for you • Using the EAUC logo shows your support for sustainability • Opportunities to enhance your company profile by showcasing your products and services through our publications, conferences and events
• Unique access to EAUC Members’ section on the EAUC website
• By engaging with us you are helping the sector to operate more sustainably and achieving a more sustainable future Whether your company is a national, regional or local company, our Educational Members have business opportunities, so to give your company a chance to access these please contact us: 01242 714321 info@eauc.org.uk www.eauc.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1106172
• Exclusive online opportunities for you to promote special offers
EAUC Membership is essential to us because it helps us share our sustainability mission zero policy with our key audience
Our voice helps you We are recognised as the environmental and sustainable member-led organisation for the higher and further education sector in the UK. We have essential links with all of the funding councils for the higher and further education sector, government and sector bodies, spanning the whole of the UK and international links around the world. We take an active role in shaping the policies and legislation which affect our Members and responding to governmental and environmental consultations. We are the voice of our Members. We support and regularly speak on sustainability initiatives for the sector at national and international high profile sector events.
Interface Disclaimer: Any Company Member applying for membership must pass the sustainability criteria applicable to EAUC membership. Company Membership does not represent any form of EAUC endorsement of the Company Member, or any product and/or service and no such representation may be made. It is not a means to access the EAUC’s membership database for marketing purposes. EAUC UK Office, University of Gloucestershire, The Park, Cheltenham GL50 2RH
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