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Develop and implement a sustainable business programme with the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) that connects local buyers and supplies through events and workshops.
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Tell us what matters: Sustainability Support Survey for Stevenage Businesses The Council have supported businesses to access green grants, carbon plans, workshops, buyer connections, and tailored advice—but now it’s time to ask: What’s next? We’re shaping the next round of support, and we want to hear from you. Tell us your challenges and priorities in this 4-minute survey. Your insight will help us back local businesses with the tools, funding, and support that matter most. 👉 Take the survey here - https://forms.office.com/e/3L1kRL8D9r
The programme aims to transform businesses' approach to sustainability and give tangible steps to reduce their carbon footprint, now and for the future. Other benefits including reducing costs through energy and waste savings and improving productivity through efficient practices.
One-to-one support for businesses to become more sustainable, including become more competitive, saving money, attracting customers and retaining and attracting new staff. The support will include individual guidance to align business sustainability practices with business goals. The programme also includes practical support with developing action plans to minimise carbon footprint and maximise operational efficiency. Businesses will receive bespoke consultancy for up to 2 hours, as well as a sustainability audit to highlight potential opportunities, access to template policies, guides and tools, as well as support with analysing their carbon footprint and a reduction plan.
In person event at Knebworth Barns for local businesses to support wider sustainable goals. Event aims to support would be suppliers to engage and forge long term relationships as part of ongoing Sustainability Business Support programme. Attendees provided first hand knowledge of forthcoming tender opportunities, requirements as well insights into specialist support programmes and initiatives.
The event provided an overview of the regeneration and wider development opportunities, alongside an overview of the retrofitting opportunity for local businesses and trades and secure new contracts and ensure homes across the county become greener. The event also included an overview of the new Procurement Act 2023 which supports and encourages more SMEs and smaller businesses the ability to access public sector tender opportunities.
Participating organisations received practical advice and information to help lower their carbon use and build sustainable practices into their day-to-day activities. Businesses benefitted from:
The programme aimed to transform their approach to sustainability and give tangible steps to reduce their carbon footprint, now and for the future. Other benefits including reducing costs through energy and waste savings and improving productivity through efficient practices.
In-person half-day event held at the Business and Technology Centre in Stevenage where Sustainable X gave a presentation on corporate sustainability, and local buyers and suppliers had the opportunity to network with each other.
The Council has introduced the Stevenage Green Business Grant as part of its Sustainable Business Support Programme. It is aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) implement greener solutions to reduce their carbon footprint after completing Carbon Reduction Plans to identify these measures. £70,000 was available for the scheme this year. Eight (8) applications from local businesses were approved by a panel of experts.