With many businesses and individuals being urged to support
the10:10 campaign - an ambitious project launched to unite every
sector of British society behind one simple idea: to work together
to achieve a 10% cut in the UK's carbon emissions in
2010.
The regional Business Link service is reminding businesses that
there is free help and advice readily available to support those
businesses wanting to find out how they can reduce energy
consumption, increase their resource efficiency and boost their
bottom line.
Cutting 10% in one year is a bold target, but for most of us
it's an achievable one, and is in line with what scientists say we
need over the next 18 months. We now know for certain that unless
we act quickly to reduce our use of dirty fossil fuels, humanity
will face terrible problems in the years to come.
Business Link is working with key organisations to offer
practical advice on how to save money and increase profits in the
current tough economic climate.
By signing up to a 10% target we're not just supporting 10:10 -
we're making it happen. In our homes, in our workplaces, our
schools and our hospitals, our galleries and football clubs and
universities, we'll be backing each other up as we take the first
steps on the road to becoming a zero-carbon society. It's easy to
feel powerless in the face of a huge problem like climate change,
but by uniting everyone behind immediate, effective and achievable
action, 10:10 enables all of us to make a meaningful
difference.
10:10 is the perfect opportunity to discover what's possible
when we work together. Let's get started.
The Environment Agency, Envirowise and the regional Business
Link service are working in partnership to host two events in the
East Midlands, focused on the business benefits of resource
efficiency; environmental management systems and incident
management.
A series of workshops have been designed to inform businesses,
in a jargon-free way, of the low cost practical steps you can take
to manage resources that will have a clear and defined impact on
the bottom line and the long term health of your business.