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
22 Dec 2021
National Lottery Heritage Fund: Embedding sustainability principles into the heritage sector
This project concluded nearly four years of support to the Heritage Fund, the overarching outcome being the full embedment of sustainability across the organisation, both through staff training and the development of a framework to allow staff to assess applications for their sustainability credentials in a consistent way in future.
Completed Project
17 Jun 2021
Midlands Net Zero Hub: Midlands Low Carbon Sector Study
SWM and kMatrix were commissioned by the Midlands Energy Hub to provide an evidence-based study to understand the current state of the Low Carbon Environmental Goods & Services (LCEGS) Sector in the Midlands, where support is needed to help grow this sector, and the role the sector can play in driving a low-carbon recovery from Covid-19.
Completed Project
5 May 2021
The Binding Site: Sustainability Advice
SWM were commissioned to review current sustainability practice and produce a Sustainability Strategy including appropriate targets, and Action Plan plan.
Completed Project
7 Sep 2020
Worcester City Council: Sustainability Strategy & Online Engagement Workshops
SWM worked with Worcester City Council to develop their draft sustainability strategy, supported by three online workshops to engage with elected members, businesses, other organisations, and residents.
Completed Project
17 Aug 2020
City of Wolverhampton Council: Climate Emergency support Part 2 – Workshops for staff and Councillors
SWM provided support to City of Wolverhampton Council to help them address the climate emergency, by running four virtual workshops for staff and Councillors and contributing to a fifth session for young people.
Completed Project
15 May 2020
National Lottery Heritage Fund: Sustainability webinar for Heritage Fund staff and applicants
This project brought to a head over two years of support to the Heritage Fund as we ran a webinar for around 65 staff and potential grantees on how sustainability aspects can be better embedded into funding applications.
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
5 May 2020
Midlands Net Zero Hub: Midlands Energy Hub Board
SWM have been on the board of the Midlands Energy Hub since it's establishment in 2018. Working in partnership with the UK Government through BEIS, the Midlands Energy Hub is supporting the delivery of a carbon neutral Britain at a local and regional level.
Completed Project
21 Apr 2020
Willmott Dixon: Constructing a path to 2030
SWM member Willmott Dixon commissioned us in February 2020 to help the development of its new Sustainability Strategy which is to be implemented this year and which is valid up to 2030.
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
16 Oct 2018
National Lottery Heritage Fund: Embedding sustainability into Heritage Lottery Fund operations and grant assessments
HLF commissioned SWM to convene a series of national workshops for staff so that they can become more knowledgeable about sustainability and therefore more confident how to assess the credentials of grantee applications.
Completed Project
17 Jul 2018
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College, South Leicestershire College and Midlands Academies Trust: Embedding sustainability across North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College commissioned SWM to reinvigorate the sustainability agenda across the institute by convening a workshop that brought together staff from across the college, as well as writing a report that reflected progress to date, recommendations for future activity and good practice examples from elsewhere.
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
17 Jul 2017
Staffordshire County Council: Bringing to life the sustainability agenda in Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Council (SCC) commissioned SWM to reinvigorate the sustainability agenda across the authority by convening a workshop that took place on 6 June 2017 that brought together staff from across the council as well as writing a report that reflected progress to date, recommendations for future activity and good practice examples from elsewhere.
Completed Project
28 Apr 2017
NHS Sustainable Development Unit: Sustainability review of reusable sharps containers
SWM were commissioned by the SDU to provide a sustainability review of reusable sharps containers from by Sharpsmart, using University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) as a case study.
Completed Project
20 Apr 2017
Severn Trent: Review of Corporate Responsibility Report
Severn Trent commissioned SWM to provide an independent review of their Corporate Responsibility report, along with a wider review of communications materials associated with Corporate Responsibility.
Completed Project
1 Nov 2016
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB): Independent review of Sustainability Strategy & Action Plan
Independent review of Sustainability Strategy and Action Plan for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (August 2015)
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
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