Leicestershire’s small and medium-sized enterprises offered fully funded support to thrive in the green economy
The School of Business, Brookfield.
A fully funded advisory service offered by the University of Leicester is launching this month to help Leicestershire’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) thrive.
City and County SMEs are invited to the launch of the GreenerFuture Leicestershire service on Thursday 23 January.
GreenerFuture has been developed by Leicestershire CAN (Collaborate to Accelerate Net Zero), an Innovate UK-funded Net Zero Living Programme project to deliver carbon reduction services across the county. Leicestershire CAN brings together partners across the public and private sectors, academic institutions and community energy groups so that businesses can learn how to cut their costs, comply with their supply chains partners, and develop new greener products and services.
The University’s School of Business is delivering the advisory service element of the project with a website containing a raft of tools and online resources to help SMEs kickstart, continue and evidence their green journey, and including 1-2-1 sustainability consultancy and expert advice.
Professor Paul Baines, from the University of Leicester School of Business, said: “We’re delighted to offer this unique carbon reduction service to help Leicestershire businesses and other organisations become more sustainable at no cost to them. This service is available in only a select few counties in the whole country, so we’re very privileged to be able to offer this in Leicestershire.
“Getting fully funded support from the project is ideal for businesses looking to strip out costs in their value chain to make themselves more competitive, upskill their employees on sustainable business, or learn how to develop new more sustainable products and services.”
At the launch, guests can find out more about the expertise and resources available and hear from inspiring business owners who have already taken steps towards net zero with the help of Leicestershire CAN.
Businesses will have an opportunity to try a simple diagnostic tool to identify their sustainability journey stage and the most beneficial actions they can take, based on their business needs.
Organisations can register to attend the launch event on the website. The launch takes place on Thursday 23 January, between 4.30pm and 6.30pm at the University of Leicester School of Business, Brookfield, 266 London Road, Leicester, LE2 1RQ.