
30 Nov 2017
#BikesforBrum
The University of Birmingham is Crowdfunding to bring a bike share scheme to the campus. The University is in competition…
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20 Nov 2017
The Environment Agency’s Project Excellence Award’s
Have you led or been involved in a flood, coastal risk or resilience project that has delivered excellent results or…
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16 Nov 2017
West Midlands Metro Mayor Data Dashboard
The data dashboard brings together key stats for the West Midlands combined authority. The data is based on what control the metro mayor…
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12 Oct 2017
Our Comment: Clean Growth Strategy
Today the UK Government has finally published its required response to meeting the next set of targets within the Climate…
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22 Jun 2017
West Midlands Science and Innovation Audit points the way to drive up productivity
Science and innovation could be a driving force behind the continuing economic renaissance of the West Midlands, a new report…
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23 May 2017
Our Comment: 3 key indicators the Mayor needs to keep an eye on
Having hosted the first Mayoral hustings in November last year and several since, we were impressed by the overall quality…
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27 Apr 2017
West Midlands Mayor and Nature – hustings review
A Natural Environment debate, convened by the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust and Chaired by SWM Chair Peter Braithwaite, was…
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31 Mar 2017
Our Comment: Learning from Japan and Kyushu
Our Comment: Learning from Japan and Kyushu In early March 2017 Sustainability West Midlands was invited by the Foreign and…
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1 Mar 2017
SWM and Sharpsmart win Sustainable Healthcare Products Challenge
SWM have been awarded a contract by the Sustainable Development Unit to report on and quantify the environmental, financial and…
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27 Feb 2017
Our Comment: Trump – The implications for a low carbon West Midlands?
In the West Midlands, climate change will keep occurring, no-matter who the President is or whether we are part of…
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16 Feb 2017
SWM Green Leaders – The shortlist
The time has come to reveal the Green Leaders of the West Midlands! At tomorrow’s UKBCSD Mobility 2025 event in Birmingham…
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30 Jan 2017
Our comment: Water competition – an opportunity for efficiency.
The facts From April 2017 businesses and other non-household organisations in England will be able to choose the company that…
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1 Dec 2016
SWM’s work on Mental Health in Climate UK E-news Dec 2016
Climate UK have released their E-news for December 2016 which rounds up the news from across the UK regarding climate…
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17 Aug 2016
SWM & Climate-KIC: Analysis of UK climate-related innovation networks & clusters
SWM has been commissioned by Climate-KIC UK & Ireland to undertake research and produce a briefing and report that provides an overview…
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25 Jul 2016
Our Comment: Does the new Prime Minister get Climate Change?
Our Comment: Does the new Prime Minister get climate change? The verdict from many commentators is that in the past Theresa…
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31 May 2016
Fit for the Future report updated
The ‘Fit for the Future’ report that we first published in January of this year has been updated to reflect…
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13 Apr 2016
Birmingham Post Power 250: The West Midlands’ most influential people
Some of SWM’s colleagues and friends were named amongst the recent Birmingham Post Power 250, reflecting 250 of the region’s…
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12 Apr 2016
New Non-Exec Director for Innovation
Our congratulations go to Matthew Rhodes, who has joined the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership Board as Non…
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23 Mar 2016
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) update
As part of our support programme we have been busy providing policy advice and engaging with stakeholders. Our Board is…
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13 Jan 2016
SWM appoints new Chief Executive
Anna Bright has been appointed as Chief Executive of Sustainability West Midlands. Anna takes over from Dr Simon Slater who has…
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16 Dec 2015
Our comment: What does the historic global climate deal mean for the West Midlands?
As our team and members watched the results of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, it was often…
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30 Nov 2015
Our comment: New local authority climate change pledge – “100% clean power by 2050”
For those who still have jobs in local government – many will remember previous local authority pledge schemes. First we…
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9 Nov 2015
SWM member DS Smith wins zero waste award for difficult to recycle materials
Our congratulations go to SWM member, DS Smith, who won the CIWM Achieving Zero Waste award for its Reject Processing Centre…
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28 Oct 2015
Congratulations to SWM Board member Julia King on her appointment to the House of Lords
This month SWM Board member Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Julia King, has been appointed to the cross benches of the House of…
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