Our Roadmap to 2030
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...
Our Events & Presentations
27 Jun 2024
SWM Newsletter June 2024: Your vote for a sustainable West Midlands in the general election
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31 May 2024
Climate change adaptation: good practice examples of local planning and action
This document provides a compendium of good practice examples that demonstrate climate change adaptation planning and action that UK local authorities are taking.
Our Reports & Guides
30 May 2024
SWM Newsletter May 2024: Lay of the Land
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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…
Our Events & Presentations
30 Apr 2024
SWM Newsletter April 2024: Your Votes for a Sustainable West Midlands in the Local Elections
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28 Mar 2024
SWM Newsletter March 2024: Adapt to Survive
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29 Feb 2024
SWM Newsletter February 2024: Time to BNG a Green Roof on Developments
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22 Feb 2024
Weathering the Storm for Agriculture
This is a practical guide designed to help farmers and land managers become more resilient to extreme weather, better adapted to the changing climate and more attuned to potential new business opportunities that may arise from a warming world
Our Reports & Guides
30 Jan 2024
SWM Newsletter January 2024: Inspired by Innovation
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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…
Our Events & Presentations
20 Dec 2023
SWM Newsletter December 2023: Reasons For Hope In 2024
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13 Dec 2023
Adapt to Survive
A toolkit and suite of resources to help NHS Trusts, ICBs or ICSs kick-start or further develop their work on climate change risks, impacts and adaptation actions.
Our Reports & Guides
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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28 Nov 2023
SWM Newsletter November 2023: Nature Is Our Greatest Ally
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16 Nov 2023
West Midlands Local Authority Sustainability Benchmark 2023
This report provides a summary of the progress that local authorities in the West Midlands are making against various aspects of sustainability associated with the West Midlands Sustainability Roadmap to 2030.
Our Reports & Guides
26 Oct 2023
SWM Newsletter October 2023: It’s Time to Mingle!
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27 Sep 2023
SWM Newsletter September 2023: Let’s make the invisible, visible.
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20 Sep 2023
OnGen Expert: Midlands Net Zero Hub Case Study
Lead Organisation OnGen Overview The Midlands Net Zero Hub has worked successfully with OnGen’s award-winning software, OnGen Expert, to establish…
External Case Studies
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.
Our Events & Presentations
24 Aug 2023
SWM Newsletter August 2023: Sustainable Tourism
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31 Jul 2023
SWM Newsletter July 2023: Our review of the Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP)
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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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27 Jun 2023
SWM Newsletter June 2023: Our Changing West Midlands
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