‘Building Business Resilience’ – April 2013 (Telford)

Date of presentations

17 April 2013

Authors

Dr Simon Slater, Sustainability West Midlands

Andy Whyle, BESST

Emma Walker, Environment Agency

Paul Nelms, Epwin Group

Debi and David Massey, Globehuggers Emergency Supplies

Purpose of the presentations

This event focussed on how severe weather affects businesses, and how businesses can increase their resilience to such events.

The presentations gave insight into the importance of building business resilience and outlined what issues climate change already has and will pose to business activities. The presentations also provided good practice case studies from Epwin Group and Globehuggers Emergency Supplies.

Links and contact information

For more information, email enquiries@swm.org.uk or telephone 0121 237 5890.


Downloads

To view and/or obtain a copy of the presentations and resources from this event, please contact enquiries@swm.org.uk.

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