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
3 Jan 2025
West Midlands Combined Authority: The economic impact of climate change
This project helped the WMCA to economically quantify the impacts that climate change could have on the area.
Completed Project
3 Jan 2025
West Midlands Combined Authority: Supporting them with their Adaptation Reporting Power submission
Using our experience of supporting organisations with climate change adaptation, SWM worked with AtkinsRéalis to support the WMCA in preparing a response to the Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP).
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
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
16 Aug 2024
Solihull College & University Centre: Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Planning
SWM carried out a stakeholder engagement programme with Solihull College & University Centre, ultimately supporting them to produce an updated and enhanced version of their Sustainability Delivery Plan.
Completed Project
16 Jul 2024
Rugby Borough Council: Adapting Rugby Borough to Climate Change
Using our experience of supporting local authorities with climate change adaptation, SWM was commissioned by Rugby Borough Council to produce a Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the borough, a climate change risk assessment, and a Technical Report that analyses how climate change may affect Rugby Borough in future.
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
18 Dec 2023
Solihull Council: Secretariat to Climate Change Commission
SWM were commissioned to provide secretariat support to the Solihull Climate Change Commission.
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
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
18 Dec 2023
Local Government Association: Sustainable Manufacturing in Telford & Wrekin
SWM were commissioned by the LGA’s Economic Growth Advisers Programme to assist Telford & Wrekin Council with their green and sustainable growth model for the manufacturing sector.
Completed Project
18 Dec 2023
UNBOXED: Sustainability Consultants
SWM acted as Sustainability Consultants in relation to the delivery of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK. providing expert support to them and the 10 commissions across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
Completed Project
18 Dec 2023
WRAP: Business Recycling Support Pilot
SWM worked with WRAP and Solihull Council to deliver a pilot of support to businesses in relation to new waste and recycling regulations.
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
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
12 Jun 2023
Local Government Association: Local Retrofit Action Planning
This project was a training programme for local authority teams working in retrofit. It sought to support the development of their work by exploring how to develop effective partnerships locally and nationally. The project focused on three key themes: training providers, communities and the retrofit supply chain. SWM worked with member organisations the Sustainable Housing Action Partnership who provided technical expertise and retrofit, and Contented Ltd who provided coaching and mentoring expertise.
Completed Project
12 Jun 2023
East of England Local Government Association: East of England Regional Climate Change Forum: Baseline Analysis
The East of England Regional Climate Change Forum (RCCF) brings together representatives from 8 climate change partnerships across the region, together representing over 50 local authorities. The Forum is run by the East of England Local Government Association (EELGA), who support it to achieve climate action targets. For this project, EELGA asked SWM for an analysis of each partnership’s climate change progress, and an explanation of the barriers to delivery of climate change action across the region.
Completed Project
12 Jun 2023
University College Birmingham: Sustainability Baseline and Roadmap
SWM members University College Birmingham (UCB) commissioned SWM to review their current position with regard to sustainability across the university, and to set out a way forward to becoming more sustainable.
Completed Project
12 Jun 2023
Energy Capital: Smart Local Energy Systems – West Midlands Stakeholder Analysis and Feedback
As part of their work to deliver Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES), Energy Capital needed help from SWM to determine how to get understanding and buy-in from council officers and elected members in councils across the West Midlands.
Completed Project
30 May 2023
Midlands Forest Network: Audience Audit
SWM carried out a high level audience audit for the Midlands Forest Network Partnership to assist with the stakeholder engagement element of their plans to expand the forest network across the region.
Completed Project
16 Jan 2023
Warwickshire County Council and Warwick District Council: Warwickshire Public Sector Net Zero Group
SWM was commissioned by Warwickshire County and Warwick District Councils to support the county’s brand new Public Sector Net Zero Group.
Completed Project
5 Dec 2022
West Midlands Combined Authority: Next steps on climate change adaptation
Building on our wider regional work on climate change adaptation with the Environment Agency, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) commissioned SWM, supported by our members Accelar and our Associate Mat Burhouse, to help commence their work on the subject, fitting in with their wider and well established sustainability ambitions.
Completed Project
8 Nov 2022
Local Government Association: Climate Change Sector Support Programme - Regional Retrofit Action Plan Training
Delivered through a collaboration between the Local Government Association (LGA) and Sustainability West Midlands, the Regional Retrofit Action Plan Training brought together council officers to address retrofit challenges at the local and partnership level. The training supported the development of councils’ regional work by exploring how to effectively utilise and support key partners and stakeholders both nationally and regionally, focusing on three key themes: training providers, communities, and the private sector.
Completed Project