Finding the Right Sustainability Solutions for your Business

Designed and delivered by Envirostate for WHK Business Growth
Workshop Duration: Half Day

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Environmental issues are the driving force behind some major and permanent changes to the conditions under which many businesses operate. Sustainability is not a fad, here today, and forgotten tomorrow. Consumers are demanding goods and services with environmental integrity. They want to know that the businesses they are dealing with operate in a sustainable way. Growing regulatory pressure will see sustainability becoming enforceable, with businesses being denied access to consumer markets and constrained until they can provide proof of their environmental credentials.

Sustainability in business means remaining profitable in the long term. This workshop provides a practical introduction to the principles of sustainable business with a focus on the business case for undertaking sustainability initiatives. Key sustainability factors are presented with examples of how businesses are leveraging these opportunities. A simple process for assessing business sustainability is presented along with a how-to-guide for prioritising and actioning sustainability initiatives.

Course content includes:

• A working definition of sustainability in business
• What a sustainable business looks like and a pathway to sustainability
• Sustainability factors - marketing and branding, transport, energy use, waste, procurement and carbon footprint
• Case study businesses including cost benefit analysis of implemented sustainability initiatives
• Assessing your business then how to prioritise and action sustainability initiatives
• Useful resources and the next step.

All registered attendees are entitled to a one-on-one coaching session which can be booked after the workshop.

Presenter profile

Calum Revfem, Managing Director Envirostate Ltd

Qualifications: MSc (Wageningen UR, Netherlands), BSc (Lincoln), Dip Antarctic Studies (Canterbury)

Calum has designed and facilitated sustainable business workshops for SBN in the Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Auckland since 2004. He designed and delivered the Sustainable Business Challenge programme, including the development of the sustainable business assessment criteria. His technical expertise includes waste, transport and energy efficiency. He works for Envirostate delivering sustainability solutions for businesses.

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