To support Sandwell businesses with their journey towards sustainability, we held our first ‘Net Zero Navigators’ workshop last week.
Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Net Zero Navigators are our special breakfast events to help Sandwell businesses start their journey towards net zero.
Our first event took place on Tuesday 16 April at the Sandwell Start-Up Hub – our new co-working environment in Oldbury.
During the early morning session, our attendees were able to network and also explore topics that included:
- Embracing sustainability within operational decision making
- The work of not-for-profits in providing solar energy
- The significant benefit of receiving a free energy audit
- How to access funding for energy-efficiency improvement projects.
We were delighted to welcome expert speakers to deliver the workshop. Christian Byron from the Aston Centre for Growth at Aston University; Kevin Oubridge from Big Solar Co-op and Harry Long from the Black Country Industrial Cluster. Thank you to them all.
Ben Sharpe from our Business Growth Team said: “Sustainability is a complex matter that businesses often find challenging to tackle, so we were grateful for the opportunity to connect with many Sandwell businesses and assist them on taking an important step on the journey to net zero”.
We’ll bring you news of the next session soon – watch this space!
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