Green Procurement and Eco-Innovation

1. Green Procurement and Eco-Innovation Rod Gilchrist Opportunity Peterborough

2. Peterborough: • Population of 180,000 • 6,000 businesses in Greater Peterborough • Home to the UK’s Environment Capital

3. Eco-Innovation Eco-Innovation is defined as eco-innovative products, techniques, services or processes which aim at the prevention or the reduction of environmental impacts or which contribute to the optimal use of resources. Source: European Commission (2011)

4. Eco-Innovation Drivers • Resource efficiency (to save money or other reasons) • Policy decisions (e.g. Carbon Reduction Commitment) • Internal decisions (e.g. Environmental Management Systems) • Need/Want to improve or protect the natural environment • Improve health and wellbeing • Avoid fines for pollution • Increasingly profitable area for businesses

5. The UK Opportunity • £107 billion • 55,000 companies • 880,000 employees • 5% year-on-year growth to 2017 • Strong track record in innovation activities • 5th biggest innovator in EU • 8th for eco-innovation in EU • 4 of world’s top 6 Universities

6. EnviroCluster Peterborough • 350 environment sector businesses • Engineering and precision manufacturing; specialised in energy generation, water and waste management, environmental services • World-class Universities • Wide support infrastructure • £590m annual turnover • 5,800 employees

7. What is a cluster? A business cluster is a geographical concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field. Clusters increase innovation and economic activity. Companies become more competitive nationally and globally.

8. The Innovation Engine Challenge Pool Challenge Loop Supply Chain, Entrepreneurs & Students Innovation Network Innovation Network Innovation Network Innovation Pool Tools & Brokerage Tools & Brokerage End-Users Innovation Loop Incubation Incubation Incubation Commercialisation Loop Demonstrator Demonstrator Demonstrator

9. The Innovation Engine A collaborative network that creates novel solutions to global challenges through open innovation, incubation and engagement with end-users, entrepreneurs and the supply chain. The solutions will create economic, social and environmental benefits: • Solve challenges • Develop new products, processes & services • Create new start-ups and business activity • Smarter procurement • Jobs created/safeguarded • Inward investment • Awareness raising of companies Living Data Challenge Pool Challenge Loop Skills Skills A library and showcase of challenges Supply Chain, Entrepreneurs & Students Innovation Network Innovation Network Innovation Network • Aim: To foster collaboration between entrepreneurs, supply chain companies and end users to generate new solutions and broker relationships. • Creation of focus/special interest groups • Collaboration events • Innovation portal where new ideas and challenges can be submitted • Members are notified when challenges matching their ‘innovation tags’ are found • Aim: Engagement with end-users to identify market-driven / end-user driven innovation. • Consultancy with end-users • Toolkits to be used by end-users • Events with end-users To ensure that challenges are accurately matched to solutions providers, “innovation tags” need to be used. Innovation Pool Tools & Brokerage Tools & Brokerage End-Users A library and showcase of innovations Innovation Loop • Aim: To link end-users with innovative solutions. • Manage flow of ideas back to end-users and challenge originator • Provide commercialisation support to businesses • Deliver consultancy services to end-users • B2B matchmaking • Sustainability toolkits ensuring sustainable procurement Living Data Incubation Incubation Incubation • Aim: To help nurture the development of new start-ups and solutions to the point of commercialisation. • Idea generation (scouting, R&D training, student networking) • UCP, PRC, Young Lives etc. • Pre-incubation (due-diligence) • Selection (business planning, selection committee, IP) • Incubation (facilities, financing, tutoring/coaching, monitoring) • Exit (sell/buy, movement to ‘landing hub’) Commercialisation Loop Demonstrator Demonstrator Demonstrator • Aim: Solutions are tested and demonstrated in a live environment to prove solutions work and to show investors. • Manage test-bed environment • Broker relationships with end-users City Metabolism

10. The Hive Challenge Pool Challenge Pool Challenge Pool Innovation Network Smarter Environments Innovation Network Innovation Network Innovation Network Smarter Environments Businesses, Universities, Innovators, Students, Citizens Public Bodies, End-Users Innovation Engine (facilitation, tools, brokerage) Tools & Brokerage Innovation Pool Demonstrator Demonstrator Innovation Pool Innovation Pool Demonstrator Demonstrator Innovation Pool Innovation Pool Innovation Pool Demonstrator Demonstrator Demonstrator Incubation Incubation Incubation Incubation Incubation Incubation Incubator

11. EnviroCluster Retrofit Project • £170,000 pilot project funded by Technology Strategy Board. • Installed technologies hope to demonstrate an 87% cut in energy use. • Comprehensive retrofit achieved with tenant in-situ.

12. Examples 2012 Olympics and Legacy Green Procurement in London www.greenprocurement.co.uk

13. Rod Gilchrist Opportunity Peterborough, Stuart House, Ground Floor, Zone 5, St John’s Street Peterborough PE1 5DD Tel 00 44 1733 317417 rod.gilchrist@opportunitypeterborough.co.uk