Programme updated 10th June 2019
Are you interested in making your business more sustainable?
Staffordshire Business School is currently leading a project to develop a free online training tool on sustainability for businesses that could help. The training tool is now at an advanced stage of development and we are inviting businesses along to a demonstration and an opportunity to sign up to it at a free conference on Tuesday 11th June.
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Professor Jon Fairburn introduces the course featured in the training tool
In summary, the conference, being held at the Moat House Hotel in Stoke-on-Trent, will feature:
- Demonstrations of a free online tool for businesses to help with sustainability.
- Workshops on different aspects of business sustainability delivered by experts.
- Talks on where to get more help, e.g. networks, grants, loans or other business assistance.
- Talks from businesses already implementing sustainability.
- Great networking opportunities.
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Presenter Viv Bradford of the Lymestone Brewery explains what she’ll be talking about at the event
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Presenter Diane Brassington of Westbury Ironing talks about the business, sustainability and community work
The draft programme is as follows:
09.15-10.00 – Registration and networking – coffee and tea (Room: Bentley)
10.00 – Opening and Welcome – Prof Jon Fairburn, Staffordshire University – Twitter @ProfJonFairburn
10.30 – Keynote speech – Diane Brassington, Westbury Ironing Ltd and Westbury Workshops C.I.C. – “Outside The Box” – https://www.westburyironing.co.uk – Twitter @dibrassington
11.00 – Christina Marshall, Steve Stones, and Diane Roberts, Staffordshire Business Environment Network (SBEN) – “SBEN and support for your energy management” – https://sben.co.uk – Twitter @LowCarbonStaffs
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00 – Viv Bradford, Lymestone Brewery Staffordshire – “Sustainability the Lymestone Way!” – https://www.lymestonebrewery.co.uk – Twitter @lymestonebrewer
13.30 Parallel workshops
| Stream 1 Room: Bentley | Stream 2 Room: Executive | |
| 13.30 | Tom Hendy, Sustainability West Midlands – “The Future of Sustainability” – www.swm.org.uk – Twitter @SWMtweet |
Dr Souad Moufty, Staffordshire University – “New free online tool and some practical examples of environmental actions” |
| 14.30 | Judith Dix, Environmental Trainer ESP Ltd – “Upskilling your Workforce: Increasing Environmental Competency” – https://www.esp.uk.net – Twitter @ESP_Ltd | Stephanie Hacker, The Carbon Trust’s Green Business Fund – “Cutting Energy Costs: Top Tips for SMEs to Improve Energy Efficiency” – www.carbontrust.com/greenbusiness – Twitter @thecarbontrust |
3.30 – Panel of speakers to take questions from the room, plus an opportunity to promote any other upcoming events and opportunities
4.00 – Close
You are encouraged to bring flyers and other publicity material. A booking form is available through Eventbrite at https://sustainability-smes.eventbrite.co.uk.
Parking is free but you must input your registration number into a terminal upon arrival. Terminals will be available at the hotel reception and in the bar and meeting room (Bentley). Failure to provide car registration details will result in a fine.
More information about the project can be found at https://report-asapproject.eu.
