Industrial symbiosis brings together companies from all business sectors with the aim of improving cross industry resource efficiency through the commercial trading of materials, energy and water and sharing assets, logistics and expertise. It engages traditionally separate industries and other organisations in a collective approach to competitive advantage involving physical exchange of materials, energy, water and/or by-products together with the shared use of assets, logistics and expertise.
"Industrial symbiosis demands resolute attention to the flow of materials and energy through local, regional and national economies. NISP is the first in the world to be launched on a national scale and is at the forefront of IS thinking and practice"
"IS engages traditionally separate industries and other organisations in a collective approach to competitive advantage involving physical exchange of materials, energy, water and / or by-products together with the shared use of assets, logistics and expertise"
NISP encourages companies to look beyond their traditional physical and sector boundaries in the pursuit of creating an environmentally sustainable economy.
The programme is just and ethical in its approach to its own resource management and provides a creative and rewarding environment for staff and partners whilst delivering outstanding value to its stakeholders and members.
The programme endeavors to encourage government and industry of the benefit of industrial symbiosis (IS) as a key policy tool in helping the UK to achieve a sustainable economy, further supporting the integration of an IS approach into the nation's resource management strategy.
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