The ACE Eco-partnerships project will investigate opportunities for industrial symbiosis, where the wastes or outputs from one SME can be used by a neighbouring SME. It will support SMEs located within Angus, Dundee, Fife and Perth & Kinross to identify commercially viable environmental solutions to their products and processes.
The Business Environment Partnership (BEP) has a new name, Green Business Partnership. Our new name says what we do: we help businesses become more green and maximise the business benefits of doing so, like being more profitable, increasing efficiency, finding new markets, motivating their workforce and enhancing their reputation.
The CRNS exists to build a stronger community recycling sector in Scotland which can create real social, environmental and economic benefit within our local communities.
Does your company have food waste? CORE offers a competitive, environmentally friendly and socially responsible solution to your food and catering waste recycling to businesses and large organisations.
Does your company have food which can’t be sold but is still within date? Each week over 15,000 fresh nutritious meals are provided to people experiencing homelessness, thanks to contributions from Edinburgh Cyrenians FareShare project. FareShare collects surplus fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy products from supermarkets and retailers which would otherwise end up in landfill.
The Energy Saving Trust is a non-profit organisation funded by the Government and private sector. They have two main goals; to achieve the sustainable use of energy, and to cut carbon dioxide emissions, one of the key contributors to climate change.
Envirowise has a range of services that help Scottish organisations become more resource efficient, cut carbon emissions, comply with environmental legislation and make substantial savings. Since April 2005, Envirowise has saved Scottish businesses £26 million, working with companies of all sizes across Scotland.
Green Business Fife helps local businesses achieve resource efficiency gains which will boost their competitiveness and minimise their environmental impact. In turn, we believe that sustainable development will stimulate new business opportunities in the emerging environmental industries sector.
KTPs provide resources and expertise to thriving UK organisations that wish to innovate, expand or improve their performance by bring together a partnership of a company, academic institution and a recent graduate to facilitate the transfer of skills and knowledge. There are 4 KTP offices in Scotland.
Netregs contains free information on environmental legislation aimed at SME's. The guidance will help businesses to understand what they need to do to comply with environmental law and protect the environment. Netregs includes guidance pages by business (e.g. construction), or by environmental topic (e.g. WEEE or oil storage).
On 22nd January 2010, Remade Scotland activites became integrated with the Scottish Governments new single Delivery Body, Zero Waste Scotland. Our website now provides details of the previous Remade programme and access to the reports and publications produced over the previous ten years.
The Environmental Sustainability KTN draws together organisations and businesses that deal with environmental and resource management and assists them accelerate the development and uptake of innovative sustainable solutions. The KTN focuses upon areas where there is the greatest potential for addressing the interlinked challenges of excessive use and depletion of natural resources, environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity, and climate change.
Scottish Enterprise works with ambitious companies and industries to support business growth and help develop Scotland's business environment. SE works with companies to help them improve efficiencies, access finance and exploit new markets.
SETN provides services to Scottish SMEs at a level appropriate to their needs, in order to improve competitiveness. SETN members are supported in undertaking collaborative R&D, with everything from finding the most appropriate partners to designing and undertaking laboratory and field trials.
The Carbon Trust is an independent company funded by Government. Their role is to help the UK business and public sector reduce carbon emissions and capture the commercial opportunities of low carbon technologies.
Waste Aware Business is a national campaign run by Waste Aware Scotland. It aims to raise awareness of how businesses can deal with their waste more sustainably. If you are a business based in Scotland you can use our website site to access information and tools to help you to reduce, reuse and recycle your business waste.
Zero Waste Scotland is the new programme created by the Scottish Government to support delivery of its Zero Waste Plan. It integrates the existing programmes NISP Scotland, WRAP Scotland, Waste Aware Scotland, Keep Scotland Tidy, Remade Scotland, Envirowise, and some programmes delivered by CRNS. Zero Waste Scotland delivers a range of support to help people and organisations on the journey to Zero Waste.
