A big thank you to everyone who came and made the day a success, I will be sending round and uploading the presentations and possible the videos of the speeches, but for the time being hre are the pictures of the event.
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Please click on and follow this link http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace/tuc-18660-f0.cfm?regional=8
For more information please contact Beth – bcallinan@tuc.org.uk
The event will provide unions and reps with enthusiasm and examples of good practice to take back to their workplace. What work has been done so far with the project, what help is needed in the last few months and what reps want left in place when the project finishes.
The conference will look at these issues and more.
Key note speakers
Green reps can give examples of ways their organisation has made better use of resources. They can highlight difficulties, and discuss ways to overcome these. This workshop is going to be run by WRAP http://www.wrap.org.uk/
This session would be aimed at highlighting the most effective ways to communicate with the workforce and with management. This workshop is going to be run by Sarah Pearce from the TUC
Please click on and follow this link – http://www.tuc.org.uk/workplace/tuc-18660-f0.cfm?regional=8
For more information please contact Beth - bcallinan@tuc.org.uk
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Awards for South West green workplace champions
Employees from across the South West who have helped make their workplaces greener will be honoured at a special conference later this month.
The Champions for Change at Work event will offer unions and businesses in the region examples of how they can make their workplaces more carbon-friendly. Speakers include leading environmentalist Jonathan Porritt and there will be workshops offering practical examples for people to follow.
The conference in Bristol will also hear from nine workers who have been nominated as a Champion of Change. They are:
Details on how they helped green their workplaces are below. Each nominated person will give a short presentation on their work to the day-long conference which takes place on November 19. The event has been organised by the South West TUC green workplaces initiative in conjunction with @Bristol and the South West RDA.
Nigel Costley, South West TUC Regional Secretary, who will give the welcoming address, said: “These are tremendous examples of how together workers and employers can help cut carbon – and not jobs.
“We need to get serious if we are to face up to our environmental challenges and if we wish to create an economy which makes the best of all its resources. The efforts of these champions for change and of the Green Workplaces initiative shows what can be achieved.”
Also speaking at the conference will be TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O’Grady and Haydn Young, CEO of training firm Gaia Active.
There will be workshops on travel planning, how to promote behaviour change, improving resource efficiency and effective communication and negotiation.
Registration for the conference is free and open to all. Email Beth Callinan on bcallinan@tuc.org.uk for details.
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In the New Year we are pleased to be running three joint-events with the Wessex Environmental Business Network. These are:
January – Energy theme – usage/baselining/measuring/monitoring – at Bishopstrow House, Warminster
For more information please contact padams@tuc.org.uk
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The Green Workplaces project is putting together a series of workplace workshops and plays about the project and energy awareness raising. We are hoping to run several workshops across the region and we are looking for workplaces that are willing to host the play/workshop in a lunch break to a large number of employees. The events are to be held in the New Year.
To register you interest or for more infomation please contact khatch@tuc.org.uk or bcallinan@tuc.org.uk
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Devon and Cornwall
The Green Workplaces Project will be linking in with Groundwork South West to deliver workshops in Dorset and Cornwall. The free half day events will look at ways to engage with colleagues in the workplace as well as the wider community and will not only be open to union members but also community organisations to encourage alliance building.
Thursday 24th Feb U-Net Centre St Austell
Wednesday 2nd March, Dorchester (venue TBC)
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We are planning an event in the New Year where you will be able to find out how water is used in the workplace – from washrooms to processes. We plan to consider how much it costs, how and where savings can be made, and how you and your organisation can tap into resources to help it be more water efficient.
We are still finalising the details but we can tell you it will be a half day (morning) event and will be held in Bath (well where else could we hold a water related event?). As always it will be open to all union members and we will be offering you the chance to bring your managers with you. More details will be sent to you soon, but in the meantime if you want to pre-register your interest you can email Frances at frobertson@tuc.org.uk
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Aim: To provide information and practical advice for on how to cut energy and carbon usage at work via practical projects such as renewable energy, though workshops and presentations.
At a time when climate change is a growing concern, and workplaces are under increasing financial constraints these sessions will offer practical solutions that can really make a difference to your workplace. The South West TUCs Green Workplaces Project has been working with trade unions members and employers for the last two years to promote employee engagement as a way to “green” the workplace.
The workshops will be lead by Keith Wheaton-Green, an environmental consultant and Climate Change Officer at South Somerset District Council. Keith has been working on renewable energy projects and ways to engage employees on workplace energy saving for a number of years and will share his knowledge and practical experience. The workshops will be a mix of presentations, group work and advice.
All attendees will receive information to take away with them about different low energy systems available as well as other whys to reduce your carbon footprint at home and at work.
Locations and dates
5th October Bridgewater
19th Ocotber Exeter
20th October Plymouth
To register your interest please email bcallinan@tuc.org.uk
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Climate change policies threatens the future of the energy intensive sector
The combined impact of the Government’s climate change policies is imposing significant costs on the UK’s energy intensive industries, and without urgent review could see some companies leaving the UK for good, warns a report published today (Tuesday).
Steel making, ceramics, paper, cement and lime manufacture, aluminium, basic inorganic chemicals and other industries currently employ some 225,000 workers, producing products essential to the UK’s low carbon economy, from steel and light weight composites for wind turbines and electric cars, to glass, ceramics and advanced insulating materials for low-energy housing.
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It’s time for unions to start talking energy savings with management.
Why? Because from 1 April 2010, all large employers in the public and private sector, from banks and hotels to schools, councils and hospitals, must take part in the new CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment). This UKwide, legally binding scheme aims to save at least 4 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year by 2020, as part of the UK’s response to the challenge of climate change.
And, with many employers facing tight budgets in the coming few years, unions will want to see how the scheme can help ensure energy savings ease the pressure on other costs.
Click here to view the full briefing.
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