Businesses in the East Midlands can get free practical advice on
how to save money by improving resource efficiency and waste
management at an event in Nottingham on 25th February.
Organised by the Environment Agency, Envirowise and Business
Link , the event runs from 8.30am to 1.30pm and is being held at
the Novotel in Long Eaton, Nottingham. It begins with a workshop
about resource efficiency to demonstrate and quantify the potential
benefits arising from no-cost and low-cost actions. The second
workshop looks at how businesses can prevent pollution incidents.
Before closing for a buffet lunch and networking opportunity,
there will be a final workshop on setting up and running an
environmental management system (EMS). An EMS can provide
many benefits including improved efficiency, reduced operational
costs and an increase in shareholder value.
Denby Potteris is one such businesses that has looked at its
resource efficiency as a result of the recession. Phil Hewes,
Materials Controller at Derbyshire-based Denby Potteries said:
"Resource efficiency has always been an important aspect of Denby's
business as, by our very nature, we are an energy intensive
operation. The recession has served to both focus and accelerate
our improvement initiatives. Wasteful activities are targeted,
reviewed and measured with the operational teams now acutely aware
of the need to improve process yields. If we are to survive then
this is a path we must take recession has made the route steeper
but we cannot afford to turn back or slacken our pace."
Richard Thompson, Envirowise Regional Manager for the East
Midlands, said: "Businesses in the East Midlands have been facing
some serious challenges as a result of the recession.
Becoming more resource efficient is an excellent way to help
cut costs and boost profits."
For more information or to sign up to a workshop, call 0845 058
6644 or email events@businesslinkem.co.uk. For free, practical
advice from sustainability experts Envirowise you can call the
advice line free on 0800 585794.