ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Corporate image, financial savings and compliance with legislation are three key aspects influencing competitiveness in a business market.  Having an Environmental Management System (EMS) and an Equality and Diversity (E&D)  strategy improves these three aspects whilst providing additional business benefits.

Is your business located in any of these Local Authorities?

If yes, the LCRI team can provide free support for you to help you with EMS and E & D.

EMS

• Advice for improvement in existing EMS (if any)
• Recommendation (if required)
• Implementation support
• Baseline review
• Provision of Guidance materials
• Internal audit
• Assistance with third party audit

Equality & Diversity

• Development of Equality & Diversity Strategy
• Baseline Equality review & Impact Assessment
• Advice for developing Action Plans
• Implementation & monitoring support

Further guidance is also available for:

• Waste management / hierarchy
  (link to: waste_disposal.pdf / welsh_version.pdf)
• Resource efficiency (materials, water and energy)
  (link to: waste_min_guidance.pdf / welsh_version.pdf
  watercons_guidance.pdf / welsh_version.pdf
  energy_efficiency_guidance.pdf / welsh_version.pdf)
• Development for Green leases
  (link to: green_leases_guidance.pdf / welsh_version.pdf)
• Site Waste Management Plans
  (link to: SWMP_guidance.pdf / welsh_version.pdf)
• Signposting advice for Life Cycle Analysis of new products/ services
• Signposting advice for planning aspects/ use of brown field sites.
• Training recommendations for E&D
• Workshop sessions
• Signposting to appropriate guidance organisations for skills enhancement and inclusion of under-represented groups

How can my business benefit from an Environmental Management System?

How can my business benefit from Equality and Diversity?

I am interested in adopting a new EMS / improving an existing EMS

I would like further information on the free support for Equality and Diversity 

Do you employ fewer than 250 people? Yes No

Does your business have an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million? Yes No

Is your business autonomous* Yes No
* It is considered autonomous provided that no more than 25 % of its capital or voting rights belong to one or several other enterprises which themselves do not meet the definition of a SME.

Contact Name A value is required.*

Company A value is required.*

Telephone Number A value is required.*

E-mail A value is required.*
*mandatory field

LCRI ES Team Managers:
Angela Langley or Lara Hopkinson
LangleyA@cardiff.ac.uk or HopkinsonL@cardiff.ac.uk
029 2087 5968