What a great way to end the week on a high, at our Friday morning Hampshire & Isle of Wight virtual networking – which happens every other week.
Today’s speaker between breakout sessions, was Paul Cawsey from www.organeco.ltd talking about the drivers for sustainability and 10 simple things you can do in your business to be more sustainable.
- Audit your business
- Reduce waste / Reuse / Recycle
- Use greener materials / chemicals
- Reduce water use / utilise grey water / rainwater capture
- Buy green energy
- Install LED lighting / install energy efficient appliances
- Talk to your supply chain regarding their environmental stance
- Buy locally wherever possible
- Walk / cycle / use public transport / electric vehicles / hybrid cars
- Developp a CSR strategy and shout about it!
All in the space of one hour, we had two great breakout sessions in small groups where after introductions we discussed people’s favourite pieces of business advice and inspired by Paul, what we can do in our businesses to become more sustainable.
The Net Zero Agenda is firmly in our news headlines now, leading up to the G7 Summit this weekend and looking ahead to COP26 in November. You can check out the FSB Sustainability Hub for a great place to start your ‘Net Zero’ journey.
Locally there are some great things happening to help you answer the all important question… 'how can I make my business more sustainable'?
Greentech have a brilliant free energy audit you can do for your business.
They also have a virtual Future South Conference coming up
Portsmouth City Council has funding available for businesses to implement cycle or walk to work schemes. You can take a look at details here
Don’t miss our next virtual networking event for Hampshire & Isle of Wight where we’ll be having more great conversations, and between breakout sessions will be joined by Siobhan Fox to talk about ‘how to create magnetic messaging’