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Envirowise delivers a valuable government-funded programme of FREE, confidential advice to UK businesses. This assistance enables companies to increase profitability and reduce environmental impact.
This webinar provided businesses with practical advice and top tips to enable them to benefit from implementing resource efficiency practices for securing quick wins and long term profitability.
We have compiled a list of relevant services below that could benefit your company:
(Please note, you will need to register
/log in to access all of this information)
Has your involvement with the Webinar raised questions which are specific to your business about resource efficiency?
If so, don’t miss your opportunity to register for the On-line Clinic which will give you live access to Envirowise experts from the comfort of your PC.
The Clinic will run between 10.00am to 10.45am on 7th July 2009
Click here to register
(www.envirowise.gov.uk/clinic)
Useful Links
Carbon foot printing for water please follow the below link.
http://www.water.org.uk/home/policy/reports/sustainability/sustainability-indicators-2007-08?s1=sustainability&s2=indicators)
The below are average figures across the main England and Wales water companies but at least provide an indication.
Water supply- 276 kg CO2 equivalent for 1 Ml (1,000 m3) water supplied
Wastewater disposal – 693 kg CO2 equivalent for 1 Ml (1,000 m3) wastewater disposed
Carbon Trust financial support
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/solutions
Enhance Capital Allowance (Water Technology List)
http://www.eca.gov.uk/etl
Sustainability Indicators annual report
http://water.org.uk/home/news/press-releases/sustainable-water/sustainability2008.pdf
Water savings week
http://www.watersavingweek.org.uk/
Interactive tools
Embedding behaviour tool (NEW)
This tool provides businesses with practical advice on how to motivate staff and influence senior management to bring about behaviour change. A change in culture can increase resource efficiency and give the company greater cost savings.
Envirowise Indicator
An interactive web-based tool designed to allow all UK businesses, irrespective of their size or industry sector, to gain a useful indication of their company's environmental impact and the financial savings that can be made by addressing it.
Pack-In - A Packaging Indicator for eco-design
Free web-based tool that will give an indication of the environmental impact of packaging designs. It will also compare designs to help decide which one has the least environmental impact and how this could be improved further.
Envirowise Publications Wizard
Looking for lots of different information and don't know where to start? Why not try our Envirowise Publications Wizard and select the information you are looking for by sector and topic and get presented with an impressive looking tailor-made PDF. There's even an opportunity to put your name and company on the document.
Savings Calculator
Do you work in an office based business? In three simple steps, the Envirowise Savings Calculator tool can identify the potential cost savings you could make around your office each year. In addition to calculating your savings, the tool offers practical guides to help you on your path to reducing costs.
Monitoring tool
Helps you to easily record and track where water is being used in your company and analyse your findings.
Water Efficiency Tool
A series of modules providing guidance and call to actions for water efficiency.
Rippleffect
The Rippleffect initiative is free and can benefit businesses of all sizes and sectors in England.
Managing Change
Resource Efficiency and Corporate Responsibility - Managing Change is a guide on how to effectively introduce new initiatives within your organisation.
Produced by the Government Office for the South West (Sustainability & Environmental Technologies Team) in partnership with Envirowise to help organisations manage change as they seek to become more sustainable through resource efficiency and taking corporate responsibility for the effects of the business on the wider community.
Publications
Envirowise Publications Wizard
Below are a few water publications. Please note you can search for further publications here.
Quarterly E-newsletter
Register on the website to receive the e-bulletin quarterly newsletter
For e-newsletters specific to your sector please click here
Other
How to write an environmental policy
http://twitter.com/envirowise