7. How could STEM help you? Tenders/bids and PQQs require it Be more environmentally friendly Improve reputation Minimise environmental liabilities Maximise resource efficiencies / cut costs Reduce waste Customers are asking about it Learn more about environmental management Other
18. What do you need to do now? SEBCH member Non-member Download Assessment Form from SEBCH website Register for SEBCH: email carbon.hub@kent.gov.uk
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Editor's Notes
SEBCH: Online community of businesses in SE taking action against climate change Membership benefits: Free access to interactive website : Carbon footprint Reduce costs by cutting carbon Network with like-minded businesses Information on relevant environmental issues Access to team of sustainability experts Sustainable Travel Service STEM Environmental review Webinars Monthly e-newsletter, and much more…
Blue level – management commitment; baseline assessment, impact assessment, envt’l policy, start data collection Silver Level – Establish your carbon footprint, reduce it, communicate and get your legal requirements in order. Gold – Review all your work, update your environmental policy, set your targets, reduce your carbon, and look to the future.
What are the business drivers? Have you registered with SEBCH? Are you committing the necessary resources? Have you an Environmental Champ?
When you commit to making environmental improvements, you first need to establish your current performance to help you develop your programme and identify priorities. The baseline assessment will determine what areas of the organisation you want to start improving, what your organisation does and how it does it, what the plans and policies of the organisation are, who are the people responsible and who are the people you need to tell if there any changes
Aspect: For example, discharge of trade effluent into sewers/rivers ultimately… impact of trade effluent into sewers are: harmful to health of sewer workers, water pollution polluted river, effecting the wildlife and plants. Use of fossil fuels, release of co2 into the atmosphere Business travel to meetings Business consultancy Use of fossil fuels, release of co2 into the atmosphere Use of energy intensive machinery Manufacturing VOCs into the atmosphere, health issues for staff Use of inks and chemical processes Printing Impacts (their effects) Aspects (activities) Type of company
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