CELEBRATING
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IIE AWARDS PROGRAMME 2020
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Welcome to the iiE Awards 2020 This year is the 10th anniversary of the iiE Awards, and to mark the occasion we have created a full programme of online events – from 5th-8th October 2020 – for you and your team to join. We aim to engage individuals and organisations with different environmental initiatives. The programme will culminate in the iiE Awards on International Clean Air Day (8th October). This has been an unsettling year for businesses, communities, and individuals. The health and sustainability of our environment has never been so critical: the climate crisis and loss of biodiversity has been further exacerbated by the economic, health and social challenges created by Covid-19. We believe changing working practices to incorporate environmental decisions into the very heart of organisations is vital to build resilience and create strong, sustainable businesses. By running our programme online, we’re hoping to bring people together, share learnings, and be an example of how events can be run sustainably in the future too. Tackling climate change matters now more than ever, and everyone needs to do their part.
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Everything you need to know about reducing carbon, offsetting, carbon neutrality and Net Zero
Zero Waste(ish) tips for slimming your bin for the imperfectly green - and why this matters for our oceans
Thinking global, acting local for biodiversity and green spaces
Speakers: David Knight, Investors in the Environment; Stephen Prior, Forest Carbon
Speakers: Jen Gale, author of The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide; Hugo Tagholm, Surfers Against Sewage
Speakers: Dr Peter Brotherton, Natural England; Sean McCormack, Vet, Founder of Ealing Wildlife Group and creator of ‘Sean’s Wild Life’ podcast
Winner announced for Best Carbon Reduction
Winner announced for Best Waste Reduction
Winner announced for Natural Environment Champion
Water and the Green Recovery: Why water saving matters and how to communicate that in your business
From encouragement to advocacy: What can workplaces do to get more people travelling sustainably?
Is your business looking forward? Social responsibility, impact, and the future of business
iiE Awards How to avoid greenwash and focus on innovation and behaviour
Speakers: Andy Brown, Anglian Water Group; Kate Marx, Waterwise
Speaker: Matthew Barber, Head of Partnerships Midlands and East, at Sustrans
Speaker: Alice Troiano G.APP17 Co-Founder & CEO
Keynote Speaker John Grant, author of Greener Marketing
Winner announced for Best Water Reduction
Winner announced for Sustainable Transport Champion
Winner announced for Biggest Social Impact
Winners announced for Sustainability Influencer, Overall Outstanding Achiever Award
Keynote Speaker: John Grant Join us at the iiE Awards to discover this year’s winners and hear from our fantastic keynote speaker John Grant. John is the author of Greener Marketing (2020) the award-winning Green Marketing Manifesto (2007) and six other books. John is a creative marketing strategist whose sustainability-related clients have included the BBC, Cafe Direct, the Co-operative Bank, The Guardian, HSBC, innocent drinks, IKEA, the Royal Mail, Unilever, the UK Government as well as numerous independent entrepreneurs. John was previously a co-founder of the socially progressive London creative agency St Luke’s (named 1990s Agency of the Decade by AdAge) and also in 2008 cofounded a digital startup called Ecoinomy (with Deborah Meaden) that created a platform and incentives for employees to green their workplaces.
Meet the Speakers Andy Brown, Head of Sustainability at Anglian Water Group In addition to embedding sustainability throughout the business, Andy has direct responsibility for the teams delivering six capitals and UN SDGs thinking, community education, employee engagement & volunteering programmes and the Anglian Centre for Water Studies. Kate Marx, Waterwise Campaigns and Social Research Manager Kate has a PhD in Anthrozoology, a social science which studies how human beings relate to other animals and the natural world around them. Kate has previously worked with the University of Exeter and National Geographic on messaging for reducing the demand for rhino horn in Asia. David Knight, Environmental Consultant at Investors in the Environment (iiE) David joined iiE in 2015. Carrying out resource efficiency audits with businesses, he identifies opportunities to implement behavioural change, technology improvements, and the addition of renewables in order to improve resource efficiency and help organisations save money. Stephen Prior, Co-Founder and Director at Forest Carbon Stephen, a former headmaster in Zimbabwe, has created nearly 200 new UK woodlands through Forest Carbon. Stephen was one of the architects of the UK Woodland Carbon Code – the government’s quality assurance standard – and is a member of the Code’s Advisory Board. Jen Gale, author of The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide Jen is an ordinary, knackered mum of two whose life changed when she dragged and cajoled the family into a year buying nothing new. That year changed not only what she buys, but also how she sees her place in the world. Her book The Sustainable(ish) Guide to Green Parenting is out in 2021.
Hugo Tagholm, Chief Executive of Surfers Against Sewage Surfers Against Sewage is a marine conservation and campaign group taking action on plastic pollution, from the beachfront to the boardroom. Hugo is an environmentalist, awardwinning campaigner, surfer, charity professional and a TEDx speaker. Alice Troiano, co-founder and CEO of G.APP17 Alice launched G.APP17, a digital platform that helps businesses and non-profit organisations come together to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. She is a purpose driven entrepreneur striving for a world where social impact and sustainability are no longer up for debate. Dr Peter Brotherton, Director of Science and Climate Change at Natural England Peter has worked at the interface between conservation science, practice and policy for over 20 years. He was lead adviser to the Government on the England Biodiversity Strategy and an author of the influential ‘Making Space for Nature’ report. Sean McCormack, Vet, Founder of Ealing Wildlife Group and creator of ‘Sean’s Wild Life’ podcast Sean combines his passion and knowledge of the natural world to lead Ealing Wildlife Group – guiding through education and conservation. Sean has a podcast, ‘Sean’s Wild Life’. In it, he talks with guests to explore biodiversity, conservation, environment and our connections with nature. Matt Barber, Head of Partnerships, Midlands & East, Sustrans Matt is Head of Partnerships for the sustainable transport charity Sustrans. The organisation brings people together to create places with clean air and green spaces, and cities and towns where everyone can thrive without having to use a car.
A decade of sustainable busin Investors in the Environment (iiE) is a national environmental certification scheme for organisations. It is designed to help organisations save money, reduce their impact on the environment, and get recognised for their green credentials. To become certified, each business is audited and awarded a certification level of either Bronze, Silver, or the highest award, Green. The certification levels reflect where an organisation is on their environmental journey. The differences between them include scaled reductions in resources and waste, the number of environmental projects undertaken, and action on carbon emissions and accounting. iiE members are supported each year in working towards achieving their certification on both a one-to-one basis, through help from their support officer, and one-to-many through webinars and member events. Why is Carbon Reduction Important? Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the future of our planet. 196 different countries came together in 2015 under the Paris Climate Agreement, with the central aim to reduce carbon emissions and work towards limiting the increase in global temperatures to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the increase even further to 1.5°C.
The UK Government has passed legislation for the UK’s target to achieve net zero carbon by 2050. To achieve net zero, the UK needs to reduce all unnecessary carbon emissions, and balance the remaining emissions by investing in carbon removals that will remove the same amount of carbon that is emitted each year. It is vital, therefore, that everyone starts making a difference and reducing their own carbon footprint. As the planet’s greenhouse gases increase, so will the world’s temperature, causing the polar ice to melt and sea levels to rise. More than that, this rise in global temperature has knock-on effects such as disruption of eco-systems and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Individuals and organisations at a local and global level need to be more aware of the challenges that we face collectively. We
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‘Through the amazing work of iiE members audited between April 2019 and April 2020 an estimated total of 7,436 tonnes CO2e was saved’. need to become smarter, more efficient and considered with the resources and materials we use. iiE is working with organisations nationally to support their efforts in making these changes and reducing their resource consumption and this goes hand in hand with sound business management.
7,436 tonnes CO2e was saved.
Our Impact To measure the impact that is achieved, the iiE team converted member resource measurements into carbon equivalents and compared the information against the previous year’s audits. Through the amazing work of iiE members audited between April 2019 and April 2020 an estimated total of
It is vital, however, that this number continues to increase and that more and more people consider their impacts and start making changes to improve them. Together, we must all make every effort we can to reduce our carbon footprint and help to limit the impact of climate change to only 1.5°C.
To demonstrate what impact this has, this is equivalent to powering 2,267 UK houses or taking 3,467 cars off the road for a year. This is a fantastic achievement for all members and iiE thanks everyone involved in achieving these reductions.
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Accredited organisations for 2020 A massive congratulations to all our members who achieved and maintained their certification this year – you are all doing fantastic work! Bronze Award
• BGL Group • British Veterinary Association • Old Hall Vets • Stockton College
Silver Award
• Greatwell Homes • Alliance Leisure • Longhurst Group • Hegarty Solicitors • JCS Fish • City of Lincoln Council • Durham County Council • Gateshead Council • Perro Design • Crick Software
Green Award
• Riverside Bakery • Athene Communications • BCS Consulting • Brocklesby • Buckles Solicitors • Budget Paper Supplies Ltd • Cambridge & Counties Bank • Cross Keys Homes • Daventry District Council • Davies Veterinary Specialists • Evergrip • Green Energy Switch • Green Heart Clean • Hull City Council • Hull College Group • Hunt & Coombs Solicitors • Kingstown Works • LEDA (Leeds
Actively Working Towards Accreditation • 387 Veterinary Centre • A ssix Ltd • Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic • British Equine Veterinary Association • Brightwater • Charlesworth Veterinary Surgery • Crowshall Veterinary Services • Dick White Referrals • Donnington Grove • Veterinary Group • e4education Ltd • Free Thinking Design • George Veterinary Group • Intimation • IPM Global Mobility • ITI Network Services • Lyndhurst Engineering • Lynch Wood • Mayne Veterinary Services • Nene Park Trust • Needham Electrical • Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
•N orth Downs Referral Specialists •W estover Vets •N ewton Aycliffe Town Council •O pportunity Peterborough •P eterlee Town Coucil •P ullman Instruments •Q ueensgate Shopping Centre •R oyal Cars •T orrington Orthopaedics •V ets One Group •W alters Ltd •W ilbury Vets •W illows Veterinary Centre •S mall World Vets •T he Webinar Vet •W ear Rivers Trust •T he Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists •D onnachie & Townley •A bbey House Veterinary Hospital •W ear Referrals Veterinary Hospital • L earna Ltd – Diploma MSc
Environmental Design Associates) •N orthampton General Hospital NHS Trust •P erkins Engines •P eterborough City Council •P eterborough Highways – Skanska •P PS Print •P DI EMEA (Pluswipes) •R ocketmill Digital Marketing •R oythornes Solicitors •T GBN •U niversity of Northampton •W F Glazing •M anchester University NHS Trust •E cology Building Society •N orthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Cave Veterinary Specialists Ltd • Calder Vets • Eastcott Referrals • Oldhall Vets • Kentdale Veterinary Orthopaedics • SellickRail • Veterinary Vision • Blacks Vets • Vet4Life • Northumberland Wildlife Trust • Durham Wildlife Trust • Lida Vets • Linnaeus Group • Masteroast Coffee Company Ltd • St Bede’s Educational Trust • Hawick Vets • Village Vet • Cinque Port Vets • The Institution for Engineering echnology (The IET) & T • Sandhole Veterinary Centre • Enabling Homes • Ferryhill Town Council
Travel planning A travel plan is developed to help you manage transport for your business and also encourage staff to make informed and more sustainable choices for their travel arrangements. By understanding staff needs and limitations, you can introduce guidance, support and incentives that make the process of change easier for staff or those making travel decisions – from booking transport arrangements to investing in your fleet or infrastructure. Your travel plan should not be a tick-box exercise – it should be a tool for supporting continual improvement against the negative environmental, social, and financial impacts of travel as a result of your business needs. Determine what your high-level objectives for sustainable transport are, such as reducing your carbon footprint, improving the health and well-being of your staff, or simply managing your travel requirements in a more consistent and efficient manner.
Your travel plan should support • Business essential travel – Whether you must carry out site visits for clients, or others, it’s about understanding what essential travel is necessary and prioritising how staff will travel.
• Staff commuting – Staff commuting needs, and how you can support them on sustainable transport options, may be a vital way you can reduce indirect carbon emissions and show stakeholders your support for reduced travel or more sustainable ways of getting around. • Customer or visitor travel – Thinking about how your visitors travel to see you and how you accommodate their sustainable transport choices. • Travel procurement – From decisions on whether to book flights or rail journeys, through to the location of booked accommodation. Those purchasing any arrangements related to travel should know how their decision influences your environmental impact, including hotels and their location from venues, public transport, or other services. Those making decisions on changes to your fleet or facilities should also understand how the travel plan or policy supports their sustainable choices.
What should my travel plan include? Any vehicles under direct management control (company cars, fleet, or other vehicles). Any staff using these resources should have some policy guidance and basic training on general usage, vehicle maintenance, and fuel-efficient driving.
• G uidance for staff using their own vehicles for business travel. There should be advice or incentives to support reduced mileage (use of travel hierarchy) and fuel efficiency. • Training provision: outline your company expectations for how staff will manage their business travel within their role. Include any available guidance such as online training.
• I dentify what transport infrastructure or shared resources you provide as a business. This may include cycle storage, car sharing bays, EV charge points, and pool cars – you may even include tyre pumps or other safety and fuel efficiency equipment available for staff use. You may also consider providing route maps and highlighting public transport stops nearest to you and publishing this on your website. Overall, the travel plan will be a document that evolves over time, like your environmental policy, and you will be working towards making improvements to its structure and content each year.
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What exactly is the circular economy? In simple terms, a circular economy maximises the lifespan and value of resources already in use through, for example, re-use, recycling, recovering and re-engineering at the end of a product’s initial life cycle. This means that resources stay in use for as long as possible, creating a more robust economy. It provides a more sustainable alternative to the traditional linear model of consumption typically described as “take, make and dispose”. Circular approaches could mean that waste from one company can be used as a base material for another, for example. “Going circular” has multiple benefits for businesses including: • Reduced long-term material supply and disposal costs • Mitigation against price volatility and supply risks • Improved production efficiency • Shortened (more local) supply chains • Opportunities to innovate and diversify • Skills and job creation • Improved brand reputation and competitiveness There is lots of best practice out there and plenty of sources of advice to get you and your business started. Your organisation might even be executing some circular concepts already! Adopting new, circular economy focussed practices can help businesses reduce costs and eliminate waste whilst improving resilience and sustainability performance. Whilst such approaches can help us build a more viable and sustainable future, they might also provide the key to rapid business recovery in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown as well as building resilience against future shocks to economic and social systems. This article has been reproduced as an edited version from content by Trevor Gibson, Smart City Leadership and Development Manager at Opportunity Peterborough. Opportunity Peterborough’s achievements and ambitions have helped make Peterborough an international leader in circular economy and Smart City leadership.
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Davies Veterinary Specialists is the first veterinary practice to have achieved the Investors in the Environment’s (iiE) Green accreditation. We are committed not only to improving our own environmental and social sustainability, but also to supporting other veterinary practices to improve theirs, so that together we can all adopt a more sustainable way of working. Since achieving our Green accreditation in August 2019, we’ve taken further steps to improve our environmental sustainability by decreasing waste and paper usage, introducing lower-flow anaesthesia protocols, switching to a100% green energy provider and offsetting our carbon. We continue to share the experience and knowledge we’ve gained by running Sustainability CPD events and publishing resources for other veterinary practices via our quarterly sustainability newsletter and on our website: vetspecialists.co.uk/sustainability For more information, please contact Rachel Evans (Green Group Coordinator) at: sustainability@vetspecialists.co.uk To find out more about why the iiE accreditation and sustainability is so important to us, visit vetspecialists.co.uk/case-studies-post/sustainability
Growing green spaces Green space in the workplace is beneficial to staff health and wellbeing, and is also a great way to increase biodiversity and benefit pollinators such as bees and butterflies – but with staff now working remotely, how can they increase the green spaces available to them at home? You don’t need a large garden to enjoy some glorious greenery, even the smallest spaces can be turned into tiny havens for nature. In addition to this, plants have even been shown to reduce stress and improve productivity. • Planters and pots can be used to brighten up patios, balconies, or windowsills. • Grow a mix of plants to provide a wealth of nectar and pollen for bees. Choose single, open flowers so pollinators can access them easily. • Add greenery to your shed and storage areas by adding a green roof; this will help improve air quality and encourage wildlife into the garden. • Put up a bird box/bird feeder. If there are cats nearby place your feeder near a dense bush to provide birds with cover. • Build a bug hut! All you need to do for this is leave small areas of rocks, twigs, and
rotting wood in your garden. This will create shelter for all sorts of insects, such as beetles and spiders. • Get some trellis and grow some climbing plants to brighten up your fences. No space outside? Why not place indoor plants or herbs around your office area? This will help to create a calm and welcoming atmosphere while you’re working. It really can be done in the smallest of areas, both indoors and out.
International Clean Air Day We all have a part to play in keeping our air clean. This year’s iiE Awards will be held on Thursday 8th October – International Clean Air Day – to draw attention to why we’re all doing what we’re doing for environmental action. Every year, air pollution causes up to 36,000 deaths in the UK. The World Health Organisation and the UK Government recognise that air pollution is the largest environmental health risk we face today.
Clean Air Day is the UK’s largest air pollution campaign. Led by Global Action Plan, Clean Air Day brings together communities, businesses, schools and the health sector to: • Improve understanding of air pollution. • Build awareness of how air pollution affects our health. • Explain the actions we can all take to tackle air pollution. Find out more at www.globalactionplan.org.uk
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