The Value of Green Innovation for Your Business

Transform your business with strategies that work for the planet and your bottom line.

Designed specifically for SMEs in Greater Manchester, this workshop will give you the tools and knowledge to future-proof your business through green innovation and sustainability practices. Join us to gain clarity, explore real-world success stories, and discover actionable steps to help you seize new commercial opportunities while eliminating waste.

Whether you’re already producing green products and services or looking to move into this area, you’ll come away with inspirational new ideas aimed at increasing your revenue and reducing your environmental impact. Delivered by experienced green innovation and carbon specialists, this fully-funded session (no fee to attend!) is guaranteed to be a valuable use of your time.

This comprehensive session will cover:

• What is a carbon footprint? Delivered by a decarbonisation expert, this jargon-busting introduction will clarify key concepts so you can take the first steps towards reducing your business’s environmental impact and communicating the impact of your operations.

• Sustainability as a strategy for success: Why green innovation is a business imperative; insights into legislation, supply chain drivers, public sector tender opportunities, and evolving customer expectations; practical advice on waste reduction, cost savings, and reframing waste as a resource; what is greenwashing and how you avoid it.

• Circular economy opportunities: An overview of circular economy principles and business models; Greater Manchester case studies of successful circular economy practices; access to financial support and green funding options.

• Designing greener products: The impact of eco-design and its principles: modularity, repairability, and longevity; technology enablers like AI, IoT (Internet of Things), 3D printing, and software tools for asset tracking and CRM; real-life examples of technology-enabled green innovation in Greater Manchester; and the role of collaboration and partnerships.

Attendees will leave the session with practical insights on:

• Saving costs and increasing revenue streams
• Retaining customers and enhancing your market reputation
• Complying with existing legislation and meeting future standards
• Transforming your offer via business models, tools, tech and AI
• Achieving commercial success with greener products and services
• Accessing specialist support to decarbonise your operations

Bio of Deliverer:

Elizabeth Elliot is a Green Innovation specialist at the GM Business Growth Hub, working with Greater Manchester businesses to grow through development of new greener products, services, and technologies. She supports new developments from idea generation to commercialisation as well as increasing understanding of the circular economy and developing new circular business concepts. This is through 121 support, collaboration with academic expertise, and connecting people and networks.

Katie Pepper is a Carbon Footprint and Sustainability Consultant within the Decarbonisation team at Green Economy. She has experience in ESG strategy, data verification and supply chain management. She is committed to supporting clients in mapping their carbon emissions across their operations and value chain (scopes 1, 2, and 3). She has a passion for driving Net Zero, circularity and behaviour change.

Eligibility criteria

• This programme is open to businesses trading in Greater Manchester

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