1. Increasing Business Potential
by being
Smart and Green with Global Action Plan
Linda Turton
Global Action Plan

2. Global Action Plan
– Founded in 1993 with the mission:
To enable, empower and encourage people
to live sustainable lifestyles
– Only UK charity to have programmes
endorsed by the UNEP
– Third Sector Excellence Award 2006 and
Ashden Award 2008 winners
– Supported thousands of businesses & public
sector bodies

3. Organisation based approach

4. Drivers for SMEs
• Cut costs
D R Jones, Building Contractor - First year savings of £10,000

5. Some Quotes
TV Production company goes green
Diana Hunter inspires Outline's employees to go green.
http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/tv-productions-company-goes-green
“ We inform and update staff on our CO2 savings from all
our practices, and at the moment we've saved the
equivalent of 90 trees and 9,300kg of CO2! ”
Diana Hunter, Head of Production at Outline Productions.
“The best organisation to engage people in environmental
change is Global Action Plan”
Jonathon Porritt, Chair, Sustainable Development Commission

6. EMS Easy
• Simple method to achieve ISO 14001
• Easy implementation – average 10 days
of workforce time
• Significantly reduced documentation and easy to
combine with other systems (such as IS0 9001 &
18001)
• 15-18 months down to 4 months
• Visual & engages staff
Training:
• 1 day fast-track session – equips you with the tools
• Follow on implementation support – helps you make
the changes

7. EMS Manual
Everything on 2 pages

9. ID Cards

10. Carbon Tracker

11. 4,000,000 SMEs without an EMS
The tools are available………..
Who are they supplying?
Who is going to help them?
What can Global Action Plan offer?

12. Our Business Support Services
Climate for Change workshops: Providing you
with knowledge and tools to help make changes
• EMS Easy – A full-day certificated workshop that will help you implement a
simple and effective Environmental Management System, to help you
achieve ISO14001.
• Green ICT – A suite of workshops to make your ICT set-up more efficient
and future-proof (this is a preventative measure eliminating excess and
unnecessary energy use and capital expenditure). We will guide you
through the principle of Green ICT, as well as helping you to set up a cloud
computing infrastructure and configure your organisation's web presence
with your own business domain name if you don’t already have one.
• Specialist Workshops - A range of half-day session dealing in more depth
with specific topics relevant to your business: Running Environmental
Campaigns, Legislation & Waste, Transport, Green credentials, Innovation
and training to help you track your savings using our ‘Carbon Tracker’ tool.

13. Climate for Change Implementation: Ongoing
support to help you implement the changes
(in person/email/telephone):
• Write an Environmental Policy – We help you write an environmental
policy that is right for your company, allowing you to be contract-ready.
• Environmental Audit - An environmental audit at your premises that could
make considerable financial savings – in 2011 a SME in the tourism sector
discovered they could achieve savings of £2,800 and 21 tonnes CO2 per
year.
• Employee Engagement – ensuring your staff are on board and delivering
your company’s vision
• Join an Online Network - Be part of an online members-only collaborative
network with likeminded businesses to share knowledge, develop new
products and processes and meet potential buyers.
• Ongoing support customised to your company comes as standard! Talk to
us if you want something specially tailored to your business needs.

14. Linda Turton
Business Programme Specialist
linda.turton@globalactionplan.org.uk; or ellen.dobbs@globalactionplan.org.uk
Our Training and EMS Specialist Clair McMullen
clair.mcmullen@globalactionplan.org.uk
T: 020 7420 4444; 020 7420 4409 direct to Clair