You are kindly invited to attend the British Embassy’s knowledge sharing session and workshop with Litmus Sustainability on 16 April 2024, Tuesday. The event is organised by the UK Science and Innovation Network in Romania.
Summary
Carbon Literacy for Businesses: This highly interactive 1 day workshop will help businesses to understand climate change, and how it can be reframed as an opportunity to reduce costs, reduce risks, and become a business everyone wants to work with. Carbon Literacy is a rapidly growing method following which participants gain accreditation that demonstrates that they understand climate change, know how to talk about it, and know how they can act.
The version of Carbon Literacy is a unique adaptation based on the ‘Eco-Innovation North West’ programme – awarded European SDG Initiative of the Year 2023, and UK Net-Zero Business Collaboration of the year 2023. Participants will get a certificate for their participation.
The workshop will help businesses to:
• Summarise climate impacts and the opportunities that they present.
• Identify what long-term success looks like in businesses own terms.
• Map current business activity and identify its impacts on the environment and society.
• Prioritise impact areas and identify quick wins.
• Develop longer term innovation opportunities, for example, by partnering with Romanian Universities.
Agenda 16 April
- 9.00: Arrival
- 9.30: Start and Introductions
- 9.45: Basics of climate change
- 10.15: Climate Impact
- 10.45: Break
- 11.00: The role of business
- 11.45: Creating a long-term vision of sustainability for your business
- 12.15: Lunch
- 13.00: Understanding existing your businesses activities
- 13.45: Identifying the environmental and social impacts of those activities
- 14.30: Identifying opportunities for innovation
- 15.00: Break
- 15.15: How to communicate climate change15.45: Wrap up and form filling for the certification process
- 16.00: End
Please let us know if you are interested in attending, by emailing at emilia.pecheva@fcdo.gov.uk
Trainers biographies
Dr. Graeme Heyes: Manchester Metropolitan University,
Enterprise Fellow in Sustainable Design Innovation, Centre for Enterprise, Faculty of Business and Law, G.Heyes@mmu.ac.uk
Dr. Graeme Heyes is an Enterprise Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University with over 15 years’ experience in helping organisations to think creatively about how they can become thriving enterprises in a net-zero society. Graeme currently Co-Project Manages and delivers on the ERDF funded projects Eco-Innovation North West (£14m) and PrintCity Network (3.2m), which are supporting 100’s of businesses in their journey towards sustainability. Graeme has previously worked with organisations ranging from SMEs to major corporations, and the global aviation industry. He was a lead researcher on the European Commission’s €7.5m ANIMA project in which he convened the transfer of expertise from the academic community to airports across the European Union. Graeme is an accredited facilitator of training in Environmental Management for Airports Council International and a facilitator of the award-winning Carbon Literacy Project.
Laurence Adams: Litmus Sustainability, Co-founder & Sustainability Lead. Laurence.Adams@LitmusSustainability.com
Laurence has been working at the intersection of climate and communications since 2014, with a professional & academic background in environmental policy, sustainability strategy and business support. His mission is to transform businesses into thriving, inspiring, climate influencers and has a strong track record in helping businesses transition to becoming successful responsible enterprises. As well as being an expert communicator, Laurence is also an expert in environmental reporting, and accreditation, including Carbon Literacy and B Corp Accreditation. He has an MSc in Environmental Governance, and is an Associate of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.