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ENWORKS: Boosting Regional Resource Efficiency in England’s Northwest

Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2011, ENWORKS is an award-winning business support program in England’s Northwest, focusing on decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation through resource efficiency. With a current program value of £9.3m, ENWORKS has helped over 10,000 businesses leverage environmental pressures into competitive advantages. By addressing market failures and misconceptions, ENWORKS has facilitated annual savings of £122 million in business costs and 681,000 tonnes of CO2e, while creating over 7,370 regional jobs. The program's sustained impact is evident in its average cost savings, CO2e reductions, and value for money, making it the most cost-effective support of its kind in the UK. Leveraging a mix of public funding sources, partnerships, and a breadth of services, ENWORKS sets itself apart with its tailored and targeted support, including the innovative ENWORKS Online Resource Efficiency Toolkit.

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ENWORKS: Boosting Regional Resource Efficiency in England’s Northwest

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  1. Boosting resource efficiency at a regional level The ENWORKS business support programme in England’s Northwest

  2. Introducing ENWORKS • Established in 2001; 10th anniversary in 2011 • Innovative ENWORKS partnership model in • England’s Northwest • Award-winning environmental business support • Decoupling economic growth from environmental • degradation, with focus on resource efficiency • Helped over 10,000 businesses with converting • environmental pressures into competitive advantages • Embedded in Northwest regional policy – Regional Economic Strategy, Climate • Change Action Partnership, Sustainable Consumption & Production (SCP)

  3. Using ERDF • Economic project delivering results through environmental improvements • ERDF Co-financed activity (SMEs) matched with NWDA SP grant • NWDA SP grant activity alongside (Non SMEs and ERDF ineligible costs) • Current programme value £9.3m - October 2009 to June 2013 • Co-financed activity £6.99m (£3.49m ERDF & £3.49m SP) • NWDA only activity £2.3m (all SP) • Running two projects concurrently: • enables cost recovery for delivery organisations • removes barriers to business engagement • increases cost effectiveness • Key considerations: • naming delivery partners in bid • managing cash flow • compliance and administration

  4. Challenges we face • Addressing market failure in business resource efficiency • Awareness doesn’t always lead to action • - 82% of businesses believe resource efficiency is important • - BUT only 23% plan to take action in 12 months • - Majority are one-off, low-impact interventions • Common misconceptions – irrelevant / costly / new equipment / time-consuming / energy only / threat not opportunity

  5. Overcoming the challenges • Helping businesses with annual financial and environmental savings of: • £122 million (€145m) in business costs • 681,000 tonnes of CO2e • 4.7 million m3 of water • 3 million tonnes of materials • 388,000 tonnes of waste diverted from landfill • More than 7,370 regional jobs created and safeguarded • £210 million (€250m) sales contracts secured and retained

  6. Sustained impact

  7. ENWORKS average savings Average cost savings - per business: £21,263 (€25,107) pa - per improvement opportunity: £7,776 (€9,182) pa Average CO2e savings - per business supported: 48 tonnes pa - per improvement opportunity: 31 tonnes pa

  8. Value for money • Most cost-effective support of its kind in the UK - compared to other regional and aggregated national environmental support programmes • From every £100 (€119) invested in ENWORKS we create annually recurring savings of: • £1,200 (€1,426) in business costs • 8 tonnes of CO2e • 55 m3 of water • 30 tonnes of materials • 7 tonnes of waste diverted from landfill • £800 (€951) of sales contracts retained; £136 (€162) sales won • Breaking the mould – 65% of cost savings achieved at no capital cost

  9. Key success factors • Mix of public funding sources– no exclusions / no postcode lottery for businesses • Partnership of organisations – locally embedded & trusted by beneficiaries and other stakeholders • Breadth of services – no barriers, we address energy, water, materials and waste, covering eco-design, process efficiency, sustainable procurement, legal compliance, climate change adaptation…. risk and reward • Targeted and tailored support – linked to the potential to make savings, hands-on on-site advice and off-site services, focus on cost effectiveness and impact • ENWORKS Online Resource Efficiency Toolkit – data is turned into information, it both catalyses action in business and the sharing of best practice across the project

  10. ENWORKS Online Resource Efficiency Toolkit • Unique web-based software, launched in 2004 • Log, prioritise, manage and report on resource • efficiency actions • Clear audit trail, traceable to each improvement • opportunity and linked to official UK Government • CO2e conversion factors (Defra) • Adopted by other English Regional Development • Agencies and Welsh Assembly Government •  8,881 registered businesses, across the UK •  Tracking 30,589 individual improvement opportunities •  Recording total business cost savings of £342.7 million (€407.4m) •  Tracking total CO2e savings of 829,738 tonnes

  11. Regional support Location of businesses supported by ENWORKS in England’s Northwest:

  12. Regional impact Distribution of cost savings ENWORKS is helping businesses with, across the Northwest: Distribution of CO2e savings ENWORKS is helping businesses with, across the Northwest:

  13. Find out more Contact us on: +44 (0)161 236 6348 Email: info@enworks.com Web: www.enworks.com For further information and video case studies: www.enworks.com/about-us www.enworks.com/case-studies ENWORKS In a Box: www.enworksinabox.com ENWORKS Online Resource Efficiency Toolkit: www.efficiencytoolkit.net ENWORKS Green Intelligence: www.greenintelligence.org.uk

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