Businesses are being urged to attend The Business Resource Efficiency Conference on 20 May to help save money, energy, and resources.
Held jointly between the Environment Agency, Anglian Water, Renewables East, Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership, and Renewables East, the free conference – being held at the Kingsgate Centre in Peterborough – aims to ‘help businesses identify the commercial benefits of being resource efficient’.
It will cover energy, water, waste, materials and environmental management, with topics including:
- why businesses need to tackle resource efficiency now;
- advice on saving money on energy and water;
- how to reduce waste going to landfill; and
- what grants and financial incentives are available to help reduce costs.
Speakers at the event will include:
- Niel Fourie, Team Leader for Sustainable Construction & Consumption at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), who will speak about the need to become resource efficient;
- Steve Lee, CEO of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), who will speak about the impact of resource scarcity and future proofing;
- Jacob Tompkins, Managing Director of Waterwise, who will speak about saving energy and water; and
- Ed Stafford, Explorer, writer and speaker, who will deliver the keynote speech.
The conference will also include case studies and workshops.
‘Improving environmental management processes and reducing associated risks’
Tom Ellis, Principal Environmental Planning Officer at the Environment Agency urged businesses in the East of England to attend the event, saying: “By attending this conference, [delegates] could increase the productivity and competitiveness of their business.”
Antony Gough, Director of Renewables East added: “Increasing resource costs and concerns around material scarcity have created additional challenges to business growth and long term sustainability.
“This conference will offer businesses the opportunity to identify cost-saving opportunities through improved performance as well to improve environmental management processes and reduce associated risks."
Businesses must book places at the conference by 12 May.
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