Miranda Barker OBE Chief executive
@elancschamber
OUR POLITICIANS MUST FLY THE
COUNTY FLAG In the run up to the General Election we brought prospective parliamentarians to meet chamber businesses.
Members, friends and firms questioned, probed, explored and, in some cases, made demands of the candidates who were pitching to represent us for the next five years.
And some common threads emerged.
Among them was the desire to achieve a successful devolution and see Lancashire receive strategically valuable levels of funding and the powers to use it, to elevate our ideas and raise our aspirations.
Meanwhile, the frustration with short term government was evident, along with oppositional politics and a two party system that seems to thrive on deconstruction of the former team’s achievements at the beginning of every term of office.
HEADING ON A JOURNEY
Business leaders from across Lancashire came together at the conference to share their experiences and sustainability journeys as they looked towards their organisations’ net zero goals.
Jacob Lane, Silentnight material research and knowledge manager
We are the UK’s largest bed manufacturer, making three quarters of a million mattresses every year here in the UK.
Our sustainability journey started in 2016. We have gone on to set out targets, our near-term goals to 2030 and our net zero goal for 2040. This was a board level discussion.
We have since created our strategy, which looks at how we can implement and achieve those targets.
We started small, just looking at the insulation in the building, looking at our fleet and how we could improve its efficiencies.
We’re working with the supply chain and we are also looking at the end of product life. Only 15 per cent of mattresses get
Jacob Lane LANCASHIREBUSINES SV
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recycled and we want to drive that figure up. It means looking at our products, the material we use and their design.
I’d say to businesses, start off by measuring what your impact is, then you can plan out how you make small changes.
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We cannot build anything of significance, literally or figuratively, if we tear down every decision made at the beginning of every new government.
We need long term policy decisions and far-reaching cross party commissions to enable all the truly difficult problems to be tackled.
Energy policy, nuclear power and the national grid. The NHS, the care system. The railways. Water infrastructure. Education, education, education. These things require commitment and dedication from experts, co-funding and public-private partnerships.
We need our new tranche of MPs to be allies and part of a new tribe - a tribe that doesn’t just fly the flag of blue or red, but that of Lancashire.
For all our sakes, we must take the needs of this wonderful and distinctive county to Westminster. Together.
Call us on 01254 356400 or visit
chamberelancs.co.uk
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