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Give your organisation the Green Light


» New programme will help organisations develop an Environmental Management System


W


orking in partnership with Mabbet, Resource


Efficient Scotland and Scotish Enterprise, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce’s Green Business Network is delighted to announce the launch of its first Green Light Programme. Te programme uses expert


help, consultancy and training to guide businesses through the steps and opportunities in developing an Environmental Management System (EMS) and we’re thrilled to introduce the first ‘Green Pioneers’ to sign up: » Plan Bee » Invicta »Marriot Glasgow » Speirs Gumley » William Tracey Group (William Tracey Linwood & Digit Resource Management Ltd)


» PR Print & Design » Newsquest (Herald & Times) Ltd


» Argon Engineering Ltd, Gillrick Metalwork Ltd and Zeus Engineering Ltd.


IN THEIR WORDS


“Plan Bee Ltd are always keen to enhance a complete circular economy into our integrated sustainability programme within the company and one that we can share with our partner organisations in


» Forthcoming training


IEMA FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Monday 29 June – Wednesday 1 July


LETTERS OF CREDIT Monday 6 July


EXPORT AND IMPORT BASICS Tuesday 7 July


UK AND US EXPORT CONTROLS Wednesday 8 July


For further information on all our courses, please contact our Training Department on 0141 204 8332 or training@glasgowchamberofcommerce.com or visit www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com


» Low-cost way of aligning with an EMS Standard


» Energy, water, materials and waste minimisation expert help


» Improved PQQ and Invitation to Tender scores


» Challenge your competitors with tender differentiation and credibility


» Access to new clients » Group sessions to share ideas and challenges with other businesses


» Obtain an international recognisable ‘green image’


» Enhance your Corporate Social Responsibility and PR opportunities. By July 2015 the ‘Green


Pioneers’ will have completed a baseline resource audit, learning where savings can be made and how to make them. Organisations will have been


Te programme offers businesses many benefits, including: » Circa £2,000 worth of funding support


» Reduced overheads and cost-savings


order that we all make tangible steps to a greener economy.” Warren Bader, CEO, Plan Bee Ltd


“The Green Light Programme has helped us to develop cost-effective resource management processes


provided with tips and structure through tailored workshops, designed to help them develop their own Environmental Management System – making savings a reality. Te baseline resource audit and workshops


and procedures, meet legal and regulatory obligations and satisfy customers and stakeholders.” Joe McAulay, Group Operations Director, Argon Engineering Ltd, Gillrick Metalwork Ltd and Zeus Engineering Ltd


FIND OUT MORE...


To become a member of the Green Business Network, contact Blair Stevenson, Project Assistant at: blair.stevenson@glasgowchamber ofcommerce.com


are fully funded, thanks to Resource Efficient Scotland and Scotish Enterprise. Geraldine Boylan, Director


(Environment, Health & Safety), Mabbet says: “We’d encourage businesses seeing increasing utility costs and pressure for registered environmental management systems to sign up.” If your organisation would like


to get involved, contact the Green Light Programme Guru, Suzanne Nelson (nee Maclean), at maclean@mabbet.eu


“We have a long history caring for the environment and see the programme as a way of improving our skills to achieve higher standards.”


Elaine McGhee, PA to General Manager, Marriott Glasgow


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