22 Feb 2016
European Solar Prize 2016 is open for entries
The European Solar Prize is given to make pioneers and leaders the focus of public attention and to give fresh…
General News
10 Feb 2016
UK City economies report published
Centre for Cities have recently published their latest Outlook Cities report. Cities Outlook 2016 gives those working to improve the…
General News
18 Jan 2016
Communicating flooding messages
A timely Environment Agency report examines lessons they have learned about communicating risk to the general public. A series of…
General News
18 Jan 2016
SME resilience to flooding report
Flood events cause considerable disruption to the business sector, especially to small- and medium-sized enterprises. This new study from the…
General News
18 Jan 2016
Natural Capital Planning Tool arrives
RICS have produced their report “Planning for Sustainable Land Use: The Natural Capital Planning Tool (NCPT) Project.This research aims to…
General News
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…
SWM News
13 Jan 2016
Funding Secured to upgrade 150 West Midlands buses with clean air technology
SWM member, Centro, has confirmed that the engines in 150 West Midland buses are to be fitted with clean air…
General News
4 Jan 2016
DECC latest energy statistics released
The latest provisional quarterly energy statistics for Q3 2015 produced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change were released…
General News
4 Jan 2016
CLASP’s resources help flood-related impacts
CLASP, like many other organisations, has seen first-hand during December the impact of flooding. Based in Lancaster, they were lucky to…
General News
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…
SWM News
3 Dec 2015
Launch of Community Energy Hub
In September, the brand new Community Energy Hub was launched as an online network. The site was developed by Project…
General News
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…
SWM News
17 Nov 2015
Responsible Business Awards opens for entries
The Responsible Business Awards are the UK’s longest running and most respected awards championing responsible business in the UK and…
General News
2 Nov 2015
Trustee Opportunity with the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country
The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country is looking for some passionate, committed and dynamic people willing and…
General News
7 Oct 2015
2016 Shell Springboard funding awards now open
Shell Springboard is now open for applications from the UK’s most innovative low-carbon entrepreneurs. Shell is calling on entrepreneurs with…
General News
28 Sep 2015
Our comment: SWM welcomes West Midlands Combined Authority, but warns that progress is ‘too fast and too fragile’
This month has seen the big splash of New Street Station, but the reality is it would never had got…
SWM News
14 Sep 2015
New public sector backed property venture opens for business
Place Partnership – a commercial enterprise established by six Midlands based public sector shareholders and sponsored by the Cabinet Office…
General News
3 Sep 2015
Community Energy Fortnight 2015 Starts 5 September
Community Energy Fortnight, hosted by the Community Energy Coalition in association with Co-operative Energy, kicks off this weekend: This September the third…
General News
11 Aug 2015
2015-16 Local Authority Information Dissemination Workshops
WRAP is pleased to announce its 2015 workshop programme for Local Authority Waste and Recycling Officers in England. All workshops…
General News
3 Aug 2015
Government scrap ten green policies in first three months
Within the first three months of the new government ten different environmental policies have been watered down or scrapped, according…
General News
27 Jul 2015
Is there a ‘climate-shaped hole’ in the Summer Budget?
George Osborne’s Summer Budget presents new challenges and uncertainty for green business, with commentators describing its announcements as both “bizarre”…
General News
27 Jul 2015
SWM Annual Customer Survey – 2015
Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) acts as a catalyst for change through our advice to leaders on strategy, delivery and innovation.…
SWM News
22 Jul 2015
New research shows UK flood defence plans favour the rich
SWM has been working closely with Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Climate UK over the years on developing the Climate Just tool,…
SWM News
17 Jul 2015
SWM Comment: Scrapping the 2016 low carbon standards for new development
What we know On 10 July 2015, the government published ‘Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation’ a plan…
SWM News