28 Sep 2018
SWM News September 2018 – Join us at our annual conference
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26 Sep 2018
Combined Authority Sustainability Benchmarking Technical Report – analysis of strategies 2018
This report looks at how the WMCA is performing against the other combined authorities (CAs) in England in terms of reported sustainability activity in leadership, strategy and delivery and provides a series of recommendations to improve performance.
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30 Jul 2018
SWM News July 2018 – Can policy translate into action?
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26 Jul 2018
West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy Low Carbon Evidence Base
This report provides an overview and analysis of the evidence related to the low carbon sector that was used to inform the development of the new West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy (LIS), the development of which was led by the WMCA.
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28 Jun 2018
SWM News June 2018 – Air Quality: Passive choking or time to change?
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24 May 2018
SWM News May 2018 – SWM is recruiting
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17 May 2018
Combined Authority Sustainability Benchmarking Technical Report – analysis of metrics 2018
This report provides an overview and analysis of the data used to underpin sustainability performance and monitoring in the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) area and how these compare to the eight other combined authorities in England.
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30 Apr 2018
SWM News April 2018 – One year on – the WMCA and sustainability
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26 Mar 2018
SWM News March 2018: A beastly reminder about our need to adapt
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26 Feb 2018
SWM News February 2018: Is the 25 Year Environment Plan good for the West Midlands?
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12 Feb 2018
25 Year Environment Plan
Date of the resource February 2018 Author of the resource Sustainability West Midlands Purpose of the resource The purpose of…
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30 Jan 2018
SWM News January 2018: Peter Braithwaite’s ‘Reflections of a Chair’ 2012-2017 and win annual SWM membership
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29 Jan 2018
Energy and low carbon activity and structures in combined authority areas
Date of the resource January 2018 Author of the resource Sustainability West Midlands Purpose of the resource This report analyses…
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19 Dec 2017
SWM News December 2017: Thanks for your support in 2017, and Merry Christmas
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19 Dec 2017
UK Clean Growth Strategy, Industrial Strategy and WM Devolution Deal: Opportunities for WM Local Industrial Strategies
Date of the resource December 2017 Author of the resource Sustainability West Midlands Purpose of the resource The purpose of…
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11 Dec 2017
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.
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30 Nov 2017
SWM News November 2017 – A new era for sustainability in the West Midlands
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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.
Our Events & Presentations
24 Nov 2017
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.
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31 Oct 2017
SWM News October 2017 – Clean Growth Strategy
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24 Oct 2017
University of Birmingham Waste Benchmark Review
The University of Birmingham and i-Clean worked together to address issues to improve the sustainability of the campus and minimise the impact that the University has on their local community.
External Case Studies
28 Sep 2017
SWM News September 2017 – Our Annual Conference
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9 Sep 2017
WMCA Environmental Priorities
Date of the resource September 2017 Author of the resource SWM Purpose of the resource Sustainability West Midlands (SWM) is…
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1 Sep 2017
SWM News August 2017 – Are we increasingly Fit for the Future?
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