1. What does being European Green
Capital in 2015 mean for your
business?
Nina Skubala
Initiative Manager, Business West
Vice-Chair Green Capital Partnership
Nina.Skubala@businesswest.co.uk
@GoGreenBristol

2. What makes 2015 so special?

3. Bristol is known for having Green
organisations…

4. But more businesses than you think
are Going Green…

5. And here is why…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXSvkQGbit
0&feature=youtu.be

6. They are seeing real business
benefits…
• Reducing paper and printing waste through recycling by 208 tonnes contributed to a
£13K saving for Latcham Direct. A further saving of £10K was achieved by monitoring
and reducing electricity and gas waste.
• Re-engineering Trunki product to eliminate metal parts and bringing manufacturing
back to the UK improved the recyclability and quality of the product which resulted in
less defects and eliminated returns for Magmatic Ltd.
• TJL managed to make an additional income of £500K by granulating unwanted PVC-u
window frames and then selling on to be recycled.
• Wickwar Brewery expect to save over £5K on their energy bills and cut raw material
waste by £4K after installing water-softening equipment and a new mill.
• Steve Gregor Heating and Renewable Energy installed a vehicle management system
which saves them £30K on fuel
• Businesses in the Severnet network worked together to divert 38K tonnes of waste
from landfill, saving them £290K and reducing CO2 emissions by 10Ktonnes

7. How is Business West offering
support?

8. What difference will you make in
your business?
•Use the European Green Capital 2015
opportunity
• Use of the local networks like Green Capital
Partnership, West of England Carbon Challenge,
Suscom, SevernNet, Net Impact
• Use the resources made available
• Use of the expertise in this room

9. Nina Skubala
Nina.Skubala@businesswest.co.uk
07500668659
@GoGreenBristol