7 Jun 2019
Air Quality: Breathing Our Last? 5/6/19
Date of Conference 05 June 2019 Speakers Larissa Lockwood, Global Action Plan Catherine Westoby, Transport for London Tom Hendy, Sustainability…
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7 Dec 2018
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
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5 Dec 2018
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.
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24 Oct 2018
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.
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8 Jun 2018
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
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16 Mar 2018
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
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9 Mar 2018
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.
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6 Mar 2018
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.
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29 Nov 2017
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.
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22 Sep 2017
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
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15 Jun 2017
Public Health and Sustainability – 15/6/17
Date of presentation 15 June 2017, Public Health England, West Midlands Speaker Dr Simon Slater, SWM Purpose of the presentation…
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8 Mar 2017
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 – representing SWM and the West…
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2 Mar 2017
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
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12 Dec 2016
Birmingham Science City Innovative Low Carbon Working Group – 7/12/16
The final ILCWG meeting of 2016, that we coordinate on behalf of Birmingham Science City, took place on 7 December 2016
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28 Nov 2016
SWM Annual Conference 2016: Steering a steady course for sustainability in uncertain times
The SWM Annual Conference was held on the 21 November 2016 with keynote presentation from Ed Gillespie, co-founder of Futerra, and presentations from WM mayoral candidates Andy Street, Beverley Nielsen and James Burn.
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9 Nov 2016
Brexit and beyond: improving your business resilience -9/11/16
Date of presentation 9 November 2016 Speaker Dr Simon Slater Purpose of the presentation This was a series of presentations…
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23 Mar 2016
How to help your LEP with climate change – March 2016
Date of presentation 22 March 2016 Speaker Dr Simon Slater, SWM Purpose of the presentation This was presented at the…
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15 Feb 2016
Encraft Seminar: Retrofit
This seminar examined case studies on a wide variety of ongoing retrofit projects.
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20 Oct 2015
Encraft Workshop: Air Tightness in Buildings Hands On Skills
Air tightness is a critical component of energy efficient construction. The workshop focussed on the importance of airtightness and gave a full overview of how to achieve air tightness in a building.
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20 Oct 2015
SWM Annual Conference 2015: Sustainability and the West Midlands Combined Authority
The SWM Annual Conference was held on the 19 October 2015 with keynote presentation from Jonathon Porritt, the inspirational writer, commentator, author and co-founder of the sustainability development think tank Forum for the Future
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1 Oct 2015
NHS Sustainability Network: Waste and Wastewater Management Workshop
In a low carbon system waste is minimised, is managed to comply with legislation, and recycling or composting are optimised. This workshop provided delegates with Information about the carbon impacts associated with waste and wastewater management and strategies for implementing solutions to minimise waste and wastewater production and costs.
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12 May 2015
Encraft Investors Briefing: How to manage the financial risks and rewards of renewable energy schemes
The briefing covered the risks and rewards of investing in distributed low carbon energy projects, and the value and role of independent technical quality assurance in protecting your investment.
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12 Mar 2015
Severn Trent and SWM Climate Change Adaptation Workshop
This workshop highlighted the excellent work Severn Trent has already done to adapt to the impacts of extreme weather, and it also gave the opportunity for stakeholders to feed in their views on where and how Severn Trent should prioritise their next actions
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1 Dec 2014
SWM Annual Conference 2014: New Connections – Global Climate Change and the Local Environment
The SWM Annual Conference was held on the 25 November 2014 with keynote presentation from Joan Walley, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee and MP for Stoke-on-Trent North.
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