Our Roadmap to 2030
18 Dec 2023
Aston University: Sustainability Review
SWM were commissioned to undertake a review of the university’s approach to environmental management and sustainability to ensure that recruitment of their new Sustainability Manager resulted in the appointment of the best candidate for the role, taking account of the future needs of the university.
Completed Project
6 Jun 2025
Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Hospitals Group: Adapting the NHS to Climate Change
SWM have supported the Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Acute Hospital Alliance to develop a climate change risk assessment and adaptation plan.
Completed Project
18 Jul 2017
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust: Sustainability and Resilience Action Plan
SWM worked with Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust to develop a Sustainability & Resilience Action Plan.
Completed Project
23 Aug 2023
Birmingham City Council: Sustainable Tourism Hub
SWM worked with Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Growth Company to produce an online Sustainable Tourism Hub.
Completed Project
6 May 2020
City of Wolverhampton Council: Climate Emergency support Part 1: Sustainability Strategy & Action Plan Review
City of Wolverhampton Council commissioned SWM to provide an independent review of their draft sustainability strategy and action plan, the methodology for calculating their carbon footprint, and input to their citizens assembly.
Completed Project
14 Feb 2020
Climate Change Committee: How does people’s behaviour affect their response to extreme weather events?
This project looked at how people have reacted to extreme weather and why, and what behaviours people and communities demonstrate when they are preparing for, responding to and recovering from an extreme weather event.
Completed Project
15 Jun 2020
Climate Change Committee: Improving the accessibility of the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment – Part 1
SWM provided advice to the Committee on Climate Change on how to improve the accessibility of the the third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Evidence Report, due for publication next year. The project looked at better use of communications, providing engagement opportunities and reframing of outputs.
Completed Project
18 Nov 2021
Climate Change Committee: Improving the accessibility of the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment -Part 2
Part two of this project, which provides support to the Climate Change Committee on improving the accessibility of outputs associated with the Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk, focused on producing outputs that considers the above advice, to bring thousands of pages of text to life and make the key findings and messages clearer, more digestible and understood by the primary audience, which is central Government.
Completed Project
8 Jan 2026
Climate Leadership Gloucestershire: Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
Lead Organisation AtkinsRéalis, supported by SWM Project Delivery team: Beck Collins (Senior Sustainability Adviser), Louis March-Smith (Project & Data Officer)…
Completed Project
11 Apr 2017
Climate-KIC: Audit report of UK climate-related innovation networks and clusters
Climate-KIC commissioned SWM to undertake an audit report of UK climate-related innovation networks and clusters. It aimed to identify where in the UK there are existing climate innovation strengths and where there is potential for establishing new ones.
Completed Project
3 Jan 2025
Coventry City Council: Adapting Coventry to Climate Change
Using our experience of supporting local authorities with climate change adaptation, SWM worked with CAG Consultants to produce a Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Coventry.
Completed Project
17 Jan 2018
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Fit for the Future II
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) commissioned SWM to analyse LEP, combined authority and city region progress and appetite to tackle climate change, embrace a low carbon economy and reduce carbon emissions.
Completed Project
1 Dec 2016
Environment Agency: Fit for the Future?
This project assessed the commitments of all 39 LEPs in England to reducing carbon emissions, stimulating a low carbon economy and adapting to climate change. The report provided a benchmark of each LEP against each of these three metrics and discussed geographical progression patterns.
Completed Project
10 Jul 2017
Environment Agency: Flood community engagement plan: Initiation workshop
The Environment Agency (EA) commissioned SWM to convene a workshop that took place on 30 March 2017, bringing together staff from across the West Midlands area to begin the development of a Strategic Community Engagement Plan that aims to help the organisation effectively target communities at risk of flooding.
Completed Project
23 Jan 2024
Environment Agency: Scaling up the climate change adaptation response in the West Midlands
We have worked in collaboration with the Environment Agency for the past two years to help accelerate and scale-up the region’s response to climate change adaptation. While there is an increasing recognition that we are experiencing a greater number and intensity of extreme weather events, progress on dealing with their risks and impacts remains slow. This collaboration aims to drive forward activity across multiple sectors in the region, to increase resilience and encourage adaptation action.
Completed Project
9 Jan 2016
Environment Agency and Defra: Climate Resilient Communities
Our Resilient Communities Conference allowed for a wide variety of audiences to come together to share good practice around developing community resilience schemes, the tools and support available to help and ask questions of experts in the room.
Completed Project
9 Aug 2016
Environment Agency and Defra: Climate Resilient SME workshops
Using the Healthcheck to achieve resilience is simple and easy to use, and covers a broader range of considerations beyond risk solely from climate change and weather.
Completed Project
26 Mar 2025
Future Oxfordshire Partnership: An Adaptation Route Map for Oxfordshire
Using our experience of supporting local authorities with climate change adaptation, SWM was commissioned by Oxfordshire County Council on behalf of the Future Oxfordshire Partnership to produce a Climate Change Adaptation Route Map for the county.
Completed Project
6 Dec 2023
Herefordshire Council: Adapting Herefordshire to Climate Change
Using our experience of supporting local authorities with climate change adaptation, SWM was commissioned by Herefordshire Council to produce a Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the county, develop a Climate Impact Assessment that focuses on how the county has been affected by severe weather in the past 15 years, and a Technical Report that analyses how climate change may affect Herefordshire in future.
Completed Project
3 Jan 2025
Lincolnshire County Council: Adapting Lincolnshire to Climate Change
Using our experience of supporting local authorities with climate change adaptation, SWM was commissioned by Lincolnshire County Council to produce a Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the county.
Completed Project
18 Dec 2023
Local Government Association: Building Housing Retrofit Skills Leadership & Learning Programme
SWM were commissioned to deliver this activity aimed at developing the skills required inside and outside councils to manage and implement retrofit programmes.
Completed Project
22 Apr 2025
Malvern Hills National Landscape: Adapting the MHNL to Climate Change
SWM worked with the National Landscape team at Worcestershire County Council (WCC) to develop a climate change adaptation plan for the Malvern Hills National Landscape.
Completed Project
9 Aug 2016
Midcounties Co-operative: Independent Social Responsibility review
Since 2011 SWM has acted as an independent critical friend to the Midcounties Co-operative providing an annual review of their Social Responsibility Report, highlighting areas of good practice and challenging them to be the best in class when it comes to sustainable co-operatives.
Completed Project
17 Jan 2025
Midlands Net Zero Hub: Low Carbon Environmental Goods and Services Sector Refresh 2025
SWM and kMatrix were commissioned by the Midlands Net Zero Hub to conduct a refresh to the original Low Carbon Environmental Goods & Services (LCEGS) Sector study, giving an understanding of the current state of the sector in the Midlands, where support is needed to grow the sector, and how the sector has recovered following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Completed Project