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Making an Impact: 2001 to 2011

Making an Impact: 2001 to 2011. Introducing ENWORKS. Established in 2001; celebrating our tenth anniversary in 2011. More than 11,580 businesses of all sizes and sectors already advised. Internationally recognised environmental business support .

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Making an Impact: 2001 to 2011

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  1. Making an Impact: 2001 to 2011

  2. Introducing ENWORKS • Established in 2001; celebrating our tenth anniversary in 2011. • More than 11,580 businesses of all sizes and sectors already advised. • Internationally recognised environmental business support. • Combatting market failure and decoupling economic • growth from environmental degradation. • Focused on resource efficiency – making more • with less – by using energy / water / materials • more efficiently and managing residual waste. • We convert environmental pressures into • real competitive advantages.

  3. Headline impacts • “What impresses me most about projects such as ENWORKS is • they truly are becoming the change that’s needed in the world.” • Al Gore, former US Vice President • Over the last decade ENWORKS has demonstrated its environmental, • economic and social impacts, by helping businesses to achieve: • £100m Business cost savings • 476,000 Tonnes of CO2e savings • 7,488 Jobs safeguarded and created • £230.6m Sales safeguarded and won • 11,580 Businesses assisted

  4. Core services • On-site reviews to identify resource efficiency improvements • - Free reports with fully quantified improvement opportunities. • - Ongoing, hands-on assistance with implementing improvements. • - Help with securing finance if necessary, accessing technical support from specialist . consultants, and driving cultural change within businesses. • Bespoke software – the ENWORKS Online Resource Efficiency Toolkit • - Free access to award-winning software used by Government and public bodies. • - Helps managers to prioritise, track and report on your progress and resulting savings. • Training and networking • - Up to 40 free seminars/workshops/events a year, at local venues across the NW. • - Includes courses certified by professional bodies, including CIEH and CIWM. • Green Intelligence • - Free, fortnightly e-bulletins, bringing the most relevant environmental business news, information and case studies directly to people’s inboxes, tailored to their business needs.

  5. Unique delivery model • Three-tier partnership structure: 1) Partnership Board • 2) Central Management Team • 3) Delivery Partnership / Consultants • Resource efficiency support delivered through a network of • locally-based organisations, employing specialist environmental advisers. • Delivery partners complemented by a bank of private sector consultants. • Free, practical, on-site support that’s tailored to individual businesses • ENWORKS also helps with issues such as: • Corporate responsibility / legal compliance / climate change adaptation / • greening supply chains / sustainable procurement.

  6. ENWORKS partnership structure

  7. Business benefits • Our hands-on, one-to-one support helps businesses to: • Cut costs • Boost productivity • Increase profitability • Safeguard and create jobs • Retain and win contracts • Improve corporate reputation

  8. Key 11,580 businesses supported with resource efficiency by ENWORKS

  9. Investment and return • £46m£178m • Invested in businessesNet additional GVA • £23m in public funds Independent evaluation (2007-10) • secured (primarily from the showed that ~£9m invested in us • NWDA and ERDF) to support delivered a £178m net additional • businesses GVA to the economy (1:20 ratio). • + We outperformed all regional • environmental business support • An additional £23m leveraged programmes and achieved better • from other public sector sources value-for-money than the aggregate • support. of all the national environmental programmes / generic business support programmes.

  10. Business savings – financial and environmental • We help businesses to reap the financial rewards of improving their environmental performance… • £152m Business cost savings per year • We’re helping businesses to boost their bottom lines • 794,200 CO2e savings per year • We’re helping businesses to reduce their carbon footprints. • 6.1m m3 Water savings per year • We’re helping businesses to protect precious natural resources. • 3.1m tonnes Material savings per year • We’re helping businesses to make more with less. • 520,800 tonnes Waste diversion from landfill per year • We’re helping businesses to treat residual waste as a fresh resource or income stream.

  11. Local economy and social impact • ENWORKS is already helping 1000’s of businesses to achieve amazing things, and we have plans to do much more… • £21.4m Private investment leveraged • We’ve helped businesses of all sizes to • make smart investments. • 7,488 Jobs safeguarded and created • We have a proven ability to drive job security • and job creation. • £230.6m Sales safeguarded and increased • We’ve made environmental improvements that • have given local companies a real competitive edge. • 3,335 Adults trained • We facilitate knowledge and skills transfer to make business improvements sustainable in the long term.

  12. Average savings • On average, for every business supported intensively with resource • efficiency (resource reduction or waste management) we’ve • achieved cumulative savings to date of: • 65,700 Cost savings • 312 tonnes CO2e savings • 460,100 tonnes Electricity/gas savings • 3,400 m3 Water savings • 11,800 tonnes Material savings • 175 tonnes Waste diverted from landfill

  13. It’s not rocket science • Better resource efficiency means a healthier balance sheet. • No-cost / low-cost resource efficiency measures are proven to cut costs and boost • jobs/sales. Defra (2011) estimates they could save UK businesses £23bn a year. • Environmental improvements address key business survival issues:  Risk •  Reward •  Reputation • Many businesses are missing out on financial and reputational rewards due to • market failure associated with climate change (identified in Stern Review 2006). • NWDA survey (2009) showed just 20% of businesses hoped to improve resource • efficiency in the next 12 months. Most were only looking at low-impact initiatives AND • it is unlikely that all of that 20% were actually implemented. • Left alone, most businesses will FAIL to take effective action without support.

  14. A lasting impact • We’re actively supporting businesses with the transition • towards a vibrant, sustainable, low-carbon economy. • The annual savings we achieve accrue, year after year. • We’re helping the UK to meet its climate change targets. • We’re helping to reduce the pressures on scarce • resources and on local waste collection/disposal services. • We deliver a tried and tested model of support that already works for companies of all • sizes and sectors. • There is still much more to do. We’ve already identified fresh annual savings • of: • £119m Cost savings 663.5k tonnes CO2e savings • 4.4m Water savings 690k tonnes Material savings

  15. External recognition • ENWORKS has been recognised as best practice by a wide range of high profile bodies, such as: • BusinessGreen Leaders Awards – SustainIT Awards – • NGO of the Year, 2011 Climate Change and • Europe Awards – Environmental Efficiency, 2006 • Finalist in the ‘Consuming’ category, European Commission – • 2011 Best Practice Principles of • European Commission – Sustainable Development, 2005 • Best Practice Environmental Success Northwest Awards – • Support Network, 2009 Exceptional Contribution to • The Ashden Awards for Environmental Excellence, 2005 • Sustainable Energy – European Social Fund – • Energy Efficiency, 2007 Merit Award for Sustainable • Regeneration and Renewal Awards – Development, 2005 • Economic Development Learning Northwest Awards – • Project of the Year, 2007 Workforce Development, 2002

  16. What people are saying “ENWORKS is one hell of a story! This is the sort of stuff that makes me feel amazingly inspired. It is the stuff of incremental impact reduction, in a way that’s delivering real value for wealth creators, for shareholders, for businesses, for communities and for the environment. It is a tremendous achievement.” Sir Jonathon Porritt CBE, co-founder of Forum for the Future “Without ENWORKS’ help we wouldn’t have made the progress we have; nor would we have been able to secure the future of our employees’ contracts or the new business we’ve acquired in this difficult economic climate.” Katrina Wallbank, Director of T Forrest & Sons, Lancashire

  17. Get in touch To find out more about ENWORKS, please contact us at: Samantha Nicholson, ENWORKS Director E: samantha@enworks.com T: 0161 245 4764 www.enworks.com@enworks2001 www.linkedin.com/company/enworks Green Intelligence - fortnightly emails of green business news and case studies: www.greenintelligence.org.uk ENWORKS In a Box – sharing our learning and experiences: www.enworksinabox.com Website for businesses interested in free ENWORKS support: www.getsupport.enworks.com

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