Business Bolton

Environmental support for businesses

Integrating the economy and the environment
Groundwork Bolton and Bury has had great success in proving that the environment is a business issue - even for the smallest business. Groundwork work in partnership with businesses to provide practical support to enable companies to reduce their negative impact on the environment while also increasing their profitability and competitiveness.

We know that compliance with regulations is a difficult issue for small businesses so we've developed mechanisms to help them to keep ahead of the latest environmental and health and safety legislation.

Through our Environmental Business Services (EBS) Groundwork helps businesses to:

• Safeguard future competitiveness by reducing operating costs and increasing efficiency and productivity
• Comply with, and keep ahead of the latest environmental and health and safety legislation
• Reduce the amount of waste, improve energy efficiency and establish the effective use of raw materials
• Develop the knowledge and skills of employees through a wide range of accredited and non accredited training

Our current programs includes a range of services provided through ENWORKS and Groundwork Business Association. ENWORKS is a unique business support programme co-ordinating environmental advice, training and support to businesses throughout the Northwest of England.

 ENWORKS funded activity:

• Free support to SME's on resource efficiency and corporate responsibility
• Free diagnostic reviews and prioritised actions plans with saving potential
• Free green intelligence web-based support containing environmental legislative updates, good practice examples, current environmental news stories and case studies
• Access to technical monitoring equipment (energy data logging, thermal imaging and compressed air leak detection)
• Access to free and subsidised external consultancy for resource efficiency projects
• Use of a web based software to record and report on opportunities and savings identified and achieved
• Support to access capital grants
• Climate change risk assessments
• Access to a range of environmnetal training courses and seminars

Groundwork Business Association:

• Annual membership scheme for businesses
• Members bulletin
• Discounts on training and consultancy
• Health and safety support members
• Press releases and case study development
• Networking events

Ways to get in touch

For more information, please contact James Winfield on 0161 724 3780 or james.winfield@groundwork.org.uk