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GREEN ECONOMY

Improving the environmental performance of business & communities

Green Economy Improving the environmental performance of business & communities

OUTCOMES ACHIEVED:

Groundwork North East delivers a diverse range of environmental services which are designed to help business and communities improve resources efficiency, environmental performance and promote industry best practice.

• Improved environmental performance

Green Check Green Communities Environmental Review Offers a support service for

• Decreased waste to landfill

Groundwork North East’s Green Check Environmental Review offers businesses and community centres the first step to making their organisation more successful and competitive through environmental audits, reports and continued support.

Environmental Training Delivering a range of cost effective training courses for business or individual covering environmental and health & safety issues, either in-house or at our training centre in County Durham.

Consultancy Our Environmental Business Services team offers a range of bespoke consultancy services to assist your business improve its use of resources, environmental performance, promote best practice and demonstrate compliance to relevant legislation and or standards.

community groups and third sector organisations who wish to engage in environmental improvements. This could involve anything from green champions training, conducting environmental reviews of community buildings, or supporting a community renewable energy project.

Green Doctor Green Doctors are helping to make homes across the country more environmentally friendly and cheaper to run. Green Doctor home visits offer residents information and advice on environmental issues as well as the installation of low cost energy saving equipment.

• Reduced carbon emissions

• Enhanced management of legal compliance • Improved health • Improved stakeholder reputation • Up-skilled employees and communities • Cost savings

REsilience We provide a support service for organisations to realise the benefits of Renewable Energy. We carry out site visits and renewable energy options appraisals to provide a range of renewable energy events and training on the benefits of renewables.

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GREEN CHECK ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

GREEN ECONOMY Improving the environmental performance of business & communities

Green Economy Improving the environmental performance of business & communities

GREEN CHECK ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

The benefits: • Reduce waste and energy costs • Improved business planning

Groundwork North East’s “Green Check Environmental Review” is the first step to making your organisation more successful and competitive.

• Demonstration of legal compliance • Improved employee motivation

WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?

• Excellent PR and marketing tool

AUDIT A member of our Environmental Business Services Team will undertake a site visit to your premises and assess your energy use, water consumption, waste streams and legal compliance to identify areas where costs savings could occur.

• “Green Check” participation

certificate used to demonstrate commitment to environmental improvement

THE REPORT Your advisor will provide you with a report formalising the discussions and observations from the site visit.

The report provides: • Easy to implement recommendations to increase efficiency, profitability and legal compliance at your site

• A carbon footprint for your site • Calculated cost savings

SUPPORT AND REVIEW • Support and advice is offered after the initial site visit for the duration of the funded programme.

• Groundwork North East’s Environmental Business Services team offer consultancy and training to address areas which require further assistance.

“This project is part financed by the European Union’s ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007 – 2013, through regional development agency One North East”

Places are limited - To find out if your business is eligible for a FREE Green Check Environmental Review contact the EBS team.

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CONSULTANCY

GREEN ECONOMY Improving the environmental performance of business & communities

Green Economy Improving the environmental performance of business & communities

CONSULTANCY

The benefits:

Groundwork North East’s Environmental Business Service (EBS) offers a range of bespoke consultancy • Improved legal compliance services to assist your business to improve its use of resources, environmental performance and • Reduced risk of promote best practice. This is essential due to environmental incidents increasingly stringent environmental legislation, corporate social responsibility and public relations.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANGEMENT SYSTEMS Our team of Environmental Business Service practitioners can help provide specific advice on issues relating to Environmental Mangement Systems accredited to ISO14001 or BS8555 standard, or as a bespoke system for your organisation.

WASTE & Water AUDIT A controlled waste audit is essential in finding out what type of, and how much, waste your organisation is producing so alternative ways to dispose of it can be established.

We are able to help you assess your water use and plan where savings may be made, as well as looking into the possibilities of re-using and recycling rain and grey water to further reduce costs.

CARBON FOOTPRINT/ ENERGY AUDIT All organisations rely on natural resources to operate. Groundwork North East can provide a package of environmental management support such as baseline carbon footprint and energy reduction techniques implementation.

REGISTER OF LEGISLATION A register of legislation formally documents all legal obligations your business is required to comply with.

We can assist you to develop a register tailored specifically to the activities on your site.

ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY PLANNING

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Involve the ‘whole school community’ in developing and improving school grounds. In partnership we ensure the grounds are designed to facilitate outdoor learning experiences and enhance their play value. We also advise on funding opportunities available to assist schools implement their ideas.

GREEN TRAVEL PLANS Green Travel Plans allow organisations to assess how site uses travel to a specific site to effectively manage parking stress and encourage sustainable modes of travel.

GIS MAPPING GIS mapping useful tool for mapping and illustrating data sets. We have experienced technicians able to develop materials for your specific needs.

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Groundwork North East

REsilience

GREEN ECONOMY Improving the environmental performance of business & communities

Green Economy Improving the environmental performance of business & communities

REsilience

The benefits:

Funding cuts and escalating energy costs are placing significant pressure on many Third Sector organisations.

Groundwork North East’s REsilience Project aims to provide independent advice and support to assist organisations in reaping the benefits of renewable energy and thus generating new, long-term revenues.

WHAT DOES REsilience INVOLVE? SITE VISIT

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

A site visit will be undertaken by one of Groundwork North East’s renewable energy advisors alongside a representative from your organisation. During the visit, the advisor will investigate your building’s age, fabric and usage, its energy consumption and demand profiles, potential energy efficiency measures and suitable on-site renewable energy technologies.

We realise that finding the money to get renewable energy projects off the ground can be difficult. In response, we can help to direct you to sources of finance, including grants, low interest loans and potential community ownership scheme.

• Reduce your energy bills • Lower your CO2 emissions • Generate your own, sustainable energy

• Get paid for the energy you produce • Demonstrate environmental commitment • Attract new funding streams

RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS APPRAISAL REPORT The options appraisal report aims to identify a range of renewable technologies that are suitable for your particular site and in doing so, will formalise observations made during the site visit. Various renewable energy technology options will be investigated and their suitability to your site assessed; including benefits, planning considerations, projected payback periods and returns on investment.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT • Project guidance • Assistance in writing grant applications • Community engagement activities • Renewable energy training and workshops

Groundwork North East Telephone 01207 524 800 ebs.northeast@groundwork.org.uk www.groundwork-northeast.org.uk