SWM Members Only Summer Social – 25/6/19

This event was the first SWM-Members Only event, enabling our members to meet each other and make connections across sectors to share good practice and work together to achieve shared objectives. More >

 

 

Innovative Low Carbon Working Group – 6/6/19

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG) More >

 

 

Air Quality: Breathing Our Last? 5/6/19

Date of Conference 05 June 2019 Speakers Larissa Lockwood, Global Action Plan Catherine Westoby, Transport… More >

 

 

Construction bit by bit: getting the industry to adopt digital – 21/3/19

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands and CITB convened an event aimed at encouraging the construction industry to adopt digital technologies in order to improve productivity, sustainability and efficiency. More >

 

 

Innovative Low Carbon Working Group – 19/3/19

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG) and its associated quarterly meetings. More >

 

 

Innovative Low Carbon Working Group meeting – 7/12/18

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG) and its associated quarterly meetings More >

 

 

SWM Annual Conference: ‘Local Industrial Strategies – A Clean Revolution for the West Midlands?’ – 03/12/18

The SWM Annual Conference provides our members and stakeholders the opportunity to hear about current and future priorities on sustainability for the West Midlands. This year we focused on the development of Local Industrial Strategies hearing from LEPs and the WMCA. Our keynote speaker was Myles Allen, leading contributing author on the IPCC Special Report. More >

 

 

GB Green Week – Developing the UK’s first Clean Growth Local Industrial Strategy – 18/10/18

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and Green Alliance put on this event during GB Green Week to help develop the WM Local Industrial Strategy. More >

 

 

Innovative Low Carbon Working Group meeting – 18/9/18

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG) and its associated quarterly meetings More >

 

 

Worcestershire LEP Energy Strategy Workshops – 3/7, 16/7 and 19/7/18

These workshops provided stakeholders with the opportunity to provide their local knowledge and expertise to help develop the forthcoming Worcestershire LEP energy strategy More >

 

 

Biodiversity: Its role in sustainability and tackling climate change – 12/7/18

Sustainability West Midlands and Fit for the Future Network partnered together on an event to explore the importance of biodiversity in sustainability and tackling climate change. More >

 

 

Innovative Low Carbon Working Group meeting – 7/6/18

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG) and its associated quarterly meetings More >

 

 

Stoke & Staffs LEP Energy Strategy Workshops – 23/4 and 26/4/18

These workshops provided stakeholders with the opportunity to provide their local knowledge and expertise to help develop actions arising in the forthcoming Stoke & Staffs LEP energy strategy More >

 

 

Innovative Low Carbon Working Group meeting – 15/3/18

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG) and its associated quarterly meetings More >

 

 

Inspiring Behaviour Change – 8/3/18

How can the health sector change behaviours within their organisations and communities, especially with respect to sustainability? This event provided opportunities to help answer this question in an inspiring way using a combination of ideas and tools from behaviour change specialists and local good practice case studies. More >

 

 

West Midlands Regional Energy Strategy Engagement Event 6/3/18

An engagement event to shape Energy Capital working groups and delivery structures in an area which will support key elements of the WM Industrial Strategy. The outputs informed implementation plans for the WM Energy Strategy. More >

 

 

Sustainable Construction, Infrastructure and Innovation Workshop – 13/2/18

The overarching aim of this workshop was to commence engagement with key contractors, consultants and researchers in sustainable construction who are, would like to or who may benefit from innovating More >

 

 

Climate Adaptation in Practice and Climate Just Training – 4/1/18

This event looked at how organisations are adapting to climate change. More >

 

 

Birmingham Science City Innovative Low Carbon Working Group – 6/12/17

The final ILCWG meeting of 2017, that we coordinate on behalf of Birmingham Science City (BSC), took place on 6 December. More >

 

 

SWM Annual Conference: Delivering the West Midlands Combined Authority Sustainability Priorities – 28/11/17

The SWM Annual Conference provided our members and wider stakeholders the opportunity to hear about current and future priorities on sustainability for the West Midlands, with speakers including Andy Street, West Midlands Mayor, Baroness Brown of Cambridge and local experts in various aspects of sustainability. More >

 

 

GBSLEP ERDF Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) fund workshop – 22/11/17

This workshop introduced the Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) fund, a ringfenced part of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP (GBSLEP) European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) allocation.  More >

 

 

Fit for the Future II – 17/10/17

Fit for the Future II brought together representatives from Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), city regions and combined authorities from across the country More >

 

 

Birmingham Science City Innovative Low Carbon Working Group – 21/9/17

The third ILCWG meeting of 2017, that we coordinate on behalf of Birmingham Science City (BSC), took place on 21 September More >

 

 

Public Health and Sustainability – 15/6/17

Date of presentation 15 June 2017, Public Health England, West Midlands Speaker Dr Simon Slater,… More >

 

 

Birmingham Science City Innovative Low Carbon Working Group – 7/6/17

The second ILCWG meeting of 2017, that we coordinate on behalf of Birmingham Science City (BSC), took place on 7 June More >

 

 

Low Carbon Growth Support Project Launch 26/4/17

The launch of the ERDF funded Low Carbon Growth Support Project in Wolverhampton More >

 

 

Tokyo Seminar – UK’s Industrial Strategy Affordable Energy and Clean Growth – A view from the Midlands, UK 8/3/17

Date of presentation 8 March 2017, British Embassy, Tokyo, Japan Speakers Dr Simon Slater –… More >

 

 

Birmingham Science City Innovative Low Carbon Working Group – 1/3/17

The first ILCWG meeting of 2017, that we coordinate on behalf of Birmingham Science City (BSC), took place on 1 March. More >

 

 

Public Sector Carbon Management and Reduction Workshop – 2/3/17

This event brought together a whole range of public sector organisations from our various networks, including from local authorities, universities and the NHS, to network and share good practice around carbon management and reduction More >

 

 

Brexit, Trump and beyond – planning for uncertainty 16/2/17

Date of presentation 16 February 2017 Speaker Dr Simon Slater Purpose of the presentation This… More >