Sustainability West Midlands

#News| Entries are now open for the Make UK Manufacturing Awards 2025! 🏆 ✨ The 2025 Manufacturing Awards celebrate the businesses, innovators, and leaders driving excellence in the manufacturing sector. From cutting-edge technology adoption to sustainable production practices, these awards recognise the companies and individuals shaping the future of manufacturing. Whether you’re pioneering innovative manufacturing processes, leading a fast-growing business, or making a significant community impact, this is your opportunity to be recognised for your achievements. Join us in honouring the best in UK and international manufacturing, showcasing the advancements that drive industry success and sustainability. 🏗️ The manufacturing awards are a celebration of the very best in UK manufacturing, with seven business categories and five apprentice categories, these awards shine a spotlight on outstanding achievements across the industry. This is your chance to showcase your hard work, innovation, and success to peers and industry leaders and it’s completely free to enter! Award entries are now open – enter now to ensure you meet the Friday 27 June 2025 submission deadline!⌛ Find out more about the Make UK Manufacturing Awards 2025 and enter now! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e32Gi-zN #Innovation #CelebratingSuccess

We were delighted to take part in the Coventry & Warwickshire Business and Community Awards as independent judge for the Planet Saver award held at the magnificent Belgrade Theatre It was a hard choice to choose the shortlist, let alone a winner but Clare Chapman from Sustainability West Midlands and Mike Bridges from EBC Group were delighted to award the prize to Warwick Conferences part of University of Warwick. Warwick Conferences demonstrated a clear commitment to the circular economy by refitting and reusing furniture as well as tracking carbon emissions through their menu and further supply chain. Honourable mentions go to the shortlisted companies who also demonstrated excellent sustainability credentials: EZOO Club147 Purple Planet Packaging Diffuse Retail IPP Pooling We look forward to supporting the event next year! #CWBusinessAwards #WestMidlands #planetsaveraward #sustainability

🌍 Unlock 20+ Years of Best Practice in Sustainability! 🌱 💜 At SWM, we've spent over 20 years working with businesses, organisations, and individuals to advance sustainability efforts across the region. As an SWM member, you can gain exclusive access to case studies showcasing best practices, innovative strategies, and impactful outcomes from sustainability initiatives over the years. Why Become a SWM Member? 📚 Access to valuable case studies and resources on sustainability 👫 Networking opportunities with sustainability leaders and experts 🎟️ Priority access to events, webinars, and workshops 👨💼 Support to help your organisation meet sustainability goals By joining SWM, you're not just becoming part of a network, you're committing to a sustainable future🌿 Ready to make a difference? Learn more about SWM membership and how it can benefit you ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dVDGSgF #SustainableFuture #ClimateAction #BestPractices

#Event| Local Government Association: Planning for the Net Zero Energy Transition⚡ 📅 03 April 🕓 10:00 - 11:30 📍 Online Join Local Government Association for their 'Planning for the Net Zero Energy Transition' virtual event!🔋 Over the last decade, the focus from central government has been to establish the policy required to facilitate the move from a predominantly fossil based energy system, to a low carbon energy system. This means that space heating, both domestic and commercial, will be 70-80 per cent from electric sources (heat pumps) and 20-30 per cent heat networks🔥🏘️ 👩⚖️ As this agenda evolves under the new government, local authorities need to be at the centre of the UK’s energy transition by baselining energy overviews, developing plans for local area energy and heat networks and working with the National Energy System Operator (NESO) and the emerging Regional Energy Strategic Plans (RESPs). Speakers will focus on how councils are coordinating work within their local energy systems to ensure they have a local and regional vision for their energy needs to achieve net zero targets♻️ Find out more and register your interest today! 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/eMyMp_jA #NetZero #EnergyTransition #HeatNetworks #LocalGovernment

#JobOpportunity| Carbon and Climate Consultant at Arup 🌍 Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Through our work, we make a positive difference in the world 🏙️✨ 🌿 Arup's integrated climate team in their Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff and Nottingham offices is a trusted adviser for strategy, policy and action on climate change. The team has a strong, shared commitment to a low carbon, sustainable and more resilient future. Arup are a multidisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, analysts, and consultants working across scales from high level strategy and policy development through to feasibility, design, procurement and due diligence. They work in a range of sectors, with a focus on energy, water, property, cities and transport 🚅 📈 They have an opportunity for a Carbon and Climate Consultant to either be based in: Birmingham / Bristol / Cardiff / Nottingham office. As a consultant you will work as part of a peer group of specialists and project managers, sponsored by a strong and diverse team of consultants and senior directors. 📝 ♻️ Your role will include exploration and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data Preparing and delivering compelling client- and public-facing reports Developing comprehensive strategies and policy recommendations, Preparing and delivering presentations and/or training to client teams and stakeholders’ energetic participation in knowledge and skills networks within Arup and the wider professional community. Contributing to the corporate sustainability of Arup as a firm. Find out more about this brilliant opportunity here! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eBctXd6h #SustainableGrowth #Networking #ClimateConsultant

😊 We're very much looking forward to joining our members The Technology Supply Chain tomorrow. 💡 We'll have a stand at this event, and our CEO Anna Bright will be joining the panel to provide information on the support available to manufacturers. ✅ Register your spot now!

SWM are thrilled to announce that Phoenix Caterers have joined our member network! 💜🥳 👨🍳 Phoenix Caterers are the largest corporate caterer in Coventry, delivering catering to Birmingham, Leicester, Rugby and surrounding areas. From buffet catering, to individual lunches, sharing boards and hot food, they have options for all manner of meetings and dietary requirements. They’re incredibly proud of putting their customers and our planet at the centre of what they do, providing a responsive and sustainable service! 🌍🌿Phoenix Caterers are keen to continue learning and improving their approach to sustainability. Similarly, they want to share their good practice with fellow business owners, what’s worked well when trailing new projects, and how they’ve learnt to use our resources efficiently. Consumer confidence is low in the hospitality sector currently, and Phoenix Caterers want to champion the efficient use of resources to maximise productivity and reduce costs, ensuring their responsibility to the environment is front of mind Find out more about Phoenix Caterers on their member page! We cannot wait to see what they bring to our sustainability network! ✨ https://lnkd.in/e5mGVAck #MemberGrowth #SustainabilityJourney

#News| World’s tallest energy-positive tower planned for Birmingham🌍🌁 A groundbreaking new development is hoping to redefine sustainable architecture as the world’s tallest energy-positive building🔋 💜 Proposed by Birmingham-based GNM Developments Limited, The Narrowhouse will be a UK-first, generating more clean energy than it consumes and setting a new benchmark for zero-carbon city living. The scheme was first submitted in June 2024, as ‘Gather & Soul’ but has been renamed to reflect the heritage of the building’s location. At 29 storeys, the tower will be covered in 4,070m² of advanced solar panels, transforming sunlight into electricity to power the building and feed excess energy into a local clean-energy microgrid. In doing so, The Narrowhouse will reduce carbon emissions by 87.9 tonnes per year, an over 100% reduction in CO2 which would be produced by a typical building of this size, setting a new sustainability standard for city living 🌿👫 Read more here! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e_jn9RSs #SustainableDevelopment #EnergyEfficient #SustainableCities

SWM are delighted to announce Fircroft College of Adult Education have joined us as members! 💜🥳 🧑🎓 Fircroft College of Adult Education are the only residential adult further education college in the Midlands, funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority Fircroft College of Adult Education is a charity, welcoming people from the West Midlands community to develop and learn new skills and progress through residential education. Fircroft courses are usually 3 days and 2 nights each week and include personal and social development; courses for work; digital, maths and English functional skills; sustainability and green skills courses and Access to Higher Education Diplomas 📚🌍 Fircroft College of Adult Education have big ambitions in their commitment to social and climate/ environmental justice which they see as fundamentally interlinked and inter-related. They were the first college in England to declare a climate emergency and their ambitions are manifested in their college-wide Green Pledge, launched in the summer of 2023, which is a culmination of many years’ commitment to social and climate/environmental justice which is now explicit in their mission statement and strategy🌳 We can't wait to see what Fircroft College of Adult Education bring to SWM and support them on their sustainability journey! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eSB_v2b8 #NewMember #SustainableGrowth

#Event| Clean Futures – Leveraging Sustainability to Market your SME ⭐ 📅 26 March 🕓 10:00 - 12:00 📍 Online This masterclass is part of a series of events run by Coventry University Clean Futures Catalyst programme! Whether you’re just starting out or refining your sustainability message, this session will equip you with actionable insights and marketing strategies to make an impact—for your business and the planet. Don’t just keep up—lead the way👨💼 🌿 Sustainability isn’t just good for the planet—it’s a game-changer for your brand. Customers, investors, and partners are looking for businesses that walk the talk, and this session will show you exactly how to leverage what you’re already doing to stand out, attract the right audience, and grow your business. Join Coventry University for a high-impact, practical session where you’ll discover: 🌍 How to turn sustainability into a competitive advantage 🌳 The secrets to authentic storytelling that builds trust (and avoids greenwashing) 💻 How to use the 7-11-4 marketing framework ✨ and so much more! Find out more and register your place now! 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/egxpbfzr #SustainableBusiness #Growth #Innovation