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28 Jul 2025
Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group Meeting – 23/07/25
Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands – Introducing the Smart Energy Systems Cluster in the West Midlands: Key Challenges and Next Steps Event The…
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8 Jul 2025
SWM Annual Conference 2025: Future-Proofing the Midlands: Climate Adaptation & Business Resilience – 03/07/2025
Speakers Sponsors and exhibitors: Background “The UK’s preparations for climate change are inadequate.” “The Government must act without further delay to improve the national approach to climate resilience.” These are…
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23 Jun 2025
Weathering the Storm – Climate Resilient Business
The workshop, co-run by SWM and Unity Trust Bank, aimed to help businesses understand and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
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6 Jun 2025
Closing the Skills Gap in the Low Carbon Economy: LCEGS Report Insights
Speakers and Panellists The Event Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) recognises that the Low Carbon Environmental Goods & Services (LCEGS) sector in the Midlands is thriving, with some sub-sectors growing up…
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26 Mar 2025
Shropshire Net Zero Leaders Summit – 20/03/25
This event marked the one-year milestone of the Shropshire Net Zero Leaders Programme, a support initiative for businesses in the area who wish to measure and manage their carbon impacts.
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1 Jan 2025
SWM Members Mingle & AGM 2024 – 03/12/24
SWM hold an annual networking event for their members so that they can meet and learn from each other’s sustainability expertise, with the view to nurture future collaborations within our sector...
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8 Jul 2024
SWM Annual Conference 2024: Land & Sustainability – Strategies for a Resilient Future – 08/07/24
SWM hold their Annual Conference so that sustainability organisations and professionals can come together, providing delegates with a peer-to-peer learning opportunity...
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17 May 2024
Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality – the Role of Innovation – 24/04/24
IHWG/IZCWG Joint Meeting – Blog Six per cent of mortality in the West Midlands is due to poor ambient air quality. We know that air pollution is the greatest risk…
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25 Jan 2024
Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group Meeting – 24/01/24
Speakers Background Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group (IZCWG) and its associated quarterly meetings, where a cross-sector of stakeholders come…
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5 Dec 2023
SWM Members Mingle & AGM 2023 – 05/12/23
SWM hold an annual networking event for their members so that they can meet and learn from each other’s sustainability expertise, with the view to nurture future collaborations within our sector...
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19 Sep 2023
Adapt to Survive: Adapting the NHS to Climate Change – 12/9/23
This event, which was attended by 78 individuals from a range of NHS Trusts, ICBs and ICSs from across the UK, looked at climate change risks, and their likely impacts, in more detail, discovered why Trusts urgently need to adapt to these risks, what this looks like in practice, and what we’re doing to help them.
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18 Jul 2023
SWM Annual Conference: Our Changing West Midlands #AC23 – 13/07/23
SWM's Annual Conference comprises of thought-provoking influential speakers, presentations, and workshops, heavily punctuated with networking sessions and immersive exhibitions from SWM members and stakeholders. On the day, AC23 had over 120 people in attendance and nearly 90 different cross-sector organisations represented from SWM members and stakeholders.
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26 May 2023
Climate Change Adaptation: It’s in our Nature – 23/5/23
This event, convened by SWM in partnership with the Environment Agency, showcased what good looks like in terms of projects and regeneration activities that have put nature-based solutions at their heart, improving resilience to climate change while also enhancing biodiversity, boosting the local economy and contributing to health and wellbeing outcomes.
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14 Feb 2023
West Midlands Climate Change Adaptation resources – dissemination webinar – 9/2/23
This event promoted a range of resources published recently by SWM and the Environment Agency focusing on climate change adaptation.
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2 Feb 2023
Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group Meeting – 26/01/23
At the first meeting of the year, there were reflections on work and achievements so far and discussions looking ahead at the exciting future of the group. Following on front last October’s Multi-Modal Transport meeting, connections were made between members who have now gone away to work together to decarbonise transport across the West Midlands, and an open conversation helped shape the future of the Working Group and its meetings going forward.
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15 Dec 2022
SWM Members Mingle & AGM 2022 – 29/11/22
Speakers Events supporters: SPACE-2 Group, HBD (Henry Boot Developments), University of Wolverhampton EnTRESS, MissFit Creations, DeterTech Ltd, LETS SANIFY Ltd, Window Insulation Limited, National Express West Midlands, Voi, RE-Fill Ltd.…
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17 Nov 2022
Climate change adaptation: practical examples for local authorities – 03/11/22
This event provided a selection of examples of climate change adaptation action that is being led or influenced by local authorities. Councils from across England spoke about different projects that demonstrate what adaptation looks like in practice, and how working in partnership, utilisation of funding and integration with other council priorities can help get projects off the ground despite these logistical constraints.
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13 Oct 2022
Multi-Modal Transport: Integrating Tech and Infrastructure for the Future – 11/10/22
Sustainability West Midlands, in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands, convenes the Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group (IZCWG) and its associated quarterly meetings, where a cross-sector of stakeholders come together to share good practice and build cross-sector collaborative opportunities around low carbon innovation.
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5 Jul 2022
Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group Meeting – 30/06/2022
Speakers Clare Ollerenshaw (Accelar – Chair) Lizzie Moran (Midlands Arts Centre) Jenni McDonnell (Knowledge Transfer Network) Devon Geary (Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands) Anna Bright (Sustainability West Midlands) Purpose…
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10 May 2022
Decarbonising our energy system with hydrogen: briefing webinar – 10/5/22
This webinar provided our stakeholders and members with an opportunity to learn more about developments in the Midlands with regards to hydrogen energy.
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29 Mar 2022
SWM’s 20th Birthday Celebrations: Annual Conference & Awards (10/03/22)
200+ delegates attended our event to celebrate 20 years in the region. The journey hasn’t always been easy, but we’ve transitioned into a nationally recognised hub for cross sector excellence in sustainability. Our event shared the highs and lows of the last two decades, showcased the breadth of innovative solutions coming from our region, and looked forward to the next 20 years!
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29 Mar 2022
Innovative Health and Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group joint meeting – 29/3/22
Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group (IZCWG). This meeting focused on health.
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27 Jan 2022
West Midlands Climate Change Adaptation Plan briefing webinar – 27/1/22
This webinar provided an overview of the newly published West Midlands Climate Change Adaptation Plan.
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16 Dec 2021
SWM Members Webinar and AGM – What has COP26 meant for you? -09/12/21
The two webinars was held to allow our members to join us and discuss what COP26 has meant for their organisation and how SWM can support them in the future as well as holding our AGM that swiftly followed afterwards.
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