Past Events

York Green Business Club

York 'Green' Business Club - December 2007 Seminar

The 'York Green Business Club', has held another well attended seminar. The meeting proved highly successful as many businesses attended to learn how to adopt more environmentally friendly business practices.

The seminar was held on Wednesday 5th December 2007. Speakers included:

• Introduction by Councillor Andrew Waller
• Native Chartered Architects -Explained how they accessed funding for their new biomass heating system
• Recycling Action Yorkshire (RAY) - Buy Recycled and RAY support for organisations
• YFM Business Development Group - Business Resource Efficiency Improvement Grants (BREIG) (MS Powerpoint)

York 'Green' Business Club - November 2006 Seminar

We would like to invite you to attend the fifth York Green Business Club Environmental Seminar. The York Green Business Club (which is completely free) is run by The City of York Council and the York and North Yorkshire Business Environmental Forum and provides free environmental help and advice to businesses and organisations. By becoming a member you can learn how to save money by adopting environmentally friendly business practices. The Club holds 2 seminars a year focusing on many different aspects of environmental management including waste and recycling, energy efficiency, environmental legislation and other environmental issues that are important to you as a business.

The seminar will be held at Bedern Hall in the centre of York on Wednesday 22nd November 2006. It will begin at 7.45am for an 8am start and will finish at 9.30 / 9.45am. A free breakfast snack will be provided. You must register to reserve a place.

The seminar will include:

• Introduction by Councillor Andrew Waller
• Kristina Peat, City of York Council - York Eco Depot
• Matt Freestone, Envirowise - 'Your FastTrack to Cost Savings'
• Graeme Precious, The Carbon Trust, - Low Carbon Buildings Programme
• Tamsin Treasure- Jones, Waste and Sustainability Project - Waste Training Programme
• City of York Council and Yorwaste Ltd - open discussion on recycling provisions within the City.

As highlighted above, there will be the opportunity to discuss the current business cardboard recycling service and also other recycling provisions with representatives from Yorwaste Ltd and City of York Council. However, in order to do this effectively, we would be grateful if you could provide us with some information about your waste. There are a few questions on the fax back form on the reverse of this letter.

The long term aim of the club is to demonstrate York's commitment to the environment and work in partnership with other business support groups to increase the image of the city and ensure it remains a popular and attractive place to live, visit and work. The club will also provide an excellent opportunity to network and share good business practices, and collectively ensure less waste is sent to landfill and less carbon is emitted to the atmosphere.

• Envirowise - Cashing in on Support (MS Powerpoint)
• The Carbon Trust - Low Carbon Buildings Program (MS Powerpoint)
• WASP - Waste and Sustainability Project (MS Powerpoint)
• WASP - More Information (PDF)

If you are a business in York city centre we would like you to answer the following questions in order to help us get a better picture for providing recycling services.

Name:
Company name:
Address:	Address
Your email address:

1. What are the main different types of waste from your business? Please give as a percentage. (i.e. 70% cardboard, 10% paper, 10% plastic, 10% glass).



2. If waste was segregated and collected for recycling, do you have any storage space and for how long could it be stored? Please give details.



3. Between which hours could your waste be collected for recycling?



4. Do you have the resources (staff?) to separate the waste for recycling?

Third Green Business Club Meeting

The 'York Green Business Club', has held its third seminar. The meeting proved highly successful as many businesses attended to learn how to adopt more environmentally friendly business practices.

The meeting was held on 8th December at the Guildhall in York and focused on energy efficiency. Speakers included:

• A representative from NPower who introduced their green energy Juice.
• The Energy Efficiency Advice Centre explained how organisations can save money.
• Energywatch explained how they can help small businesses when they are experiencing problems getting complaints resolved with their energy supplier and how to understand energy bills better.
• Envirowise explained about their free environmental support for organisations.

• Agenda (MS Word)
• York Green Business Club Presentation (MS Powerpoint)
• An Introduction To Energy Efficiency Presentation (MS Powerpoint)
• Corporate Social Responsibility Presentation (MS Powerpoint)
• Energywatch Presentation (MS Powerpoint)

The next seminar will be held in May/June 2006.

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Second York Green Business Club Meeting

The second meeting was held on July 18th at the Hilton Hotel in York as a breakfast seminar and focused on managing paper and cardboard waste. Speakers talked about waste legislation affecting businesses, how to reduce office waste, in particular paper waste and buying recycled products. The seminar was also used to launch an office paper and confidential paper recycling service in the City which is managed and run by Yorwaste Ltd.

• Sustainable Development Presentation (MS Powerpoint)
• Reducing Paper Use Presentation (MS Powerpoint)
• Recycling for Businesses (MS Powerpoint)

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First York Green Business Club Meeting

The launch for the York Green Business Club Meetings was an informal breakfast seminar on Wednesday 10th November at the York Hilton Hotel.

The first seminar focused on waste and recycling and provided information on how you can reduce, reuse and recycle your waste, including information on the City of York Councils cardboard recycling service.