Northern Ireland

Free support to improve resource efficiency has helped businesses in Northern Ireland to save £5 million per year - that's an average of £42,000 for every company surveyed.

A new interactive web-based 'eco-street' has been launched by sustainability experts Envirowise - funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland - to help companies identify resource efficiency hot spots and cost saving opportunities.
March 2010

Businesses in Northern Ireland can take part in two interactive workshops offering practical advice on how to make real cost savings that boost the bottom line and improve their environmental credentials.
March 2010

Business leaders in the food and drink sector will have the opportunity to get practical advice about how resource efficiency measures can generate cost savings at a free event at Invest NI’s headquarters in Belfast on 15th February.
March 2010

Envirowise is offering businesses in Northern Ireland the chance to take part in interactive workshops offering practical advice on how to make real cost savings that boost the bottom line.
November 2009

Small builders working in tough economic conditions could unlock valuable cost benefits by using a new waste-saving guide from sustainable business experts Envirowise. Envirowise is funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland.
August 2009

Businesses across Northern Ireland are taking environmental planning seriously – but could be missing a financial trick by only planning for short term gain, say sustainability experts Envirowise, funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland.
August 2009

Businesses in Northern Ireland could unlock valuable costs savings by working with their staff to help improve environmental performance, according to sustainable business experts Envirowise, funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland.
August 2009

A recent campaign designed to help food and drink companies across Northern Ireland find ways of improving resource efficiency, has identified a staggering £1.3 million worth of potential cost savings, with 17 companies alone averaging a saving of almost £58,430 after participating in a specifically targeted initiative.
June 2009

Sustainable business experts Envirowise, funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland, have helped identify £400k of potential savings as a result of a snapshot study of twelve Tourism and Accommodation companies in Northern Ireland.
March 2009

Although there is no magic formula for improving resource efficiency and saving cash, sustainable business experts Envirowise, funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland, say businesses can maximise their chances of success by using the organisation's online Publications Wizard tool.
March 2009

Sustainable business experts Envirowise, funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland, are holding a free event targeting office waste, to help businesses in Northern Ireland save cash through improving their resource efficiency.
March 2009

In the current climate, cash savings are undoubtedly top of the agenda for Northern Ireland's businesses.
February 2009

With businesses coming under increasing scrutiny over their sustainability practices, a new tool launched by sustainable business experts, Envirowise (funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland), looks set to help companies reduce the environmental impact and costs of packaging.
February 2009

Northern Ireland businesses could be missing out on a share of £360 million¹ in cost savings say sustainable business experts, Envirowise.
January 2009

With cost-savings an ongoing priority for businesses during the current tough economic climate, sustainable business experts Envirowise, funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland, are advising companies in Northern Ireland to think ‘out of the box' when it comes to identifying ways they can cut out waste in 2009.
December 2008

Businesses in the Northern Ireland food and drink manufacturing sector could start to see the financial benefits of reducing the amount of organic waste they produce with the help of a new guide, produced by sustainable business experts Envirowise, funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland.
December 2008

As Northern Ireland sees the end of a particularly wet summer, Envirowise, which is funded locally by Invest Northern Ireland, is urging local businesses to consider rainwater harvesting as an effective way to cut back on mains water usage and reduce costs.
October 2008

As the credit crunch continues to bite away at business’ cash flow across the country, sustainable business experts Envirowise, funded locally by Invest NI, are hosting two free events at The Ramada Hotel in Belfast to help companies find out about saving costs and minimising their environmental impact.
October 2008

Northern Ireland businesses taking part in an Envirowise campaign to cut costs by tackling their water use are starting to make progress in achieving the target 3 per cent savings on their bills.
October 2008

A 10 to 15 strong business supply chain can make savings of more than £150,000 by working together to improve resource efficiency, say sustainable business experts Envirowise who have today launched a new toolkit to help companies cut costs and enhance supplier relationships.
September 2008

Environmental measures could be the answer for businesses in Northern Ireland to combat the current economic downturn with new research launched today showing that waste prevention, using less raw material and energy recovery, will be crucial to saving UK companies money.
September 2008

In the first ever waste scheme tailored for the food and drink sector in Northern Ireland, sustainable business experts Envirowise are inviting food and drink professionals to sign up to the Food and Drink Resource Efficiency Programme, to be launched at Invest NI Headquarters in Belfast on 19th September.
September 2008

With more than half of office workers in Britain admitting to wastefully printing documents and up to 120 billion pages printed every year , sustainable business experts at Envirowise are urging people in Northern Ireland to think twice about the cost and environmental impact of 'trigger happy' printing.
August 2008

Sustainable Business experts Envirowise are signing up construction suppliers in NI to a free programme that could help them minimise their environmental impact and realise potential cost savings of up to £1,000 per employee, or up to one percent of their turnover.
June 2008

With 2008 starting out on an uncertain economic footing, embracing resource efficiency could help local firms to mitigate the impact of market pressures on their bottom line.
January 2008

Northern Ireland retailers and manufacturers should focus on working with their supply chains in order to fully realise the opportunities presented by packaging minimisation
February 2008

Businesses across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to take part in One Bin Day as part of an Envirowise initiative that will see firms urged to restrict the availability of office bins for the day...
January 2006

Companies in Northern Ireland are being encouraged to make an environmental pledge this New Year...
January 2006

With Christmas fast approaching, the government-funded Envirowise programme is asking office-based businesses – just how prepared is your business premises for the seasonal break?
December 2005