Business Sustainability Group.
The Business Sustainability Group is chaired by Ralph Peake.
Ralph is supported by a core team inc:
- Nancy Shefford, Communications
- John Rispin, Events
- Simon Sheath, Officer, to record and distribute notes/minutes.
A task force to assist local business in achieving net zero emissions (a subsidiary group of the IoM Chamber of Commerce Climate Change Programme)
Click on the link to view the Group's recently published Renewable Energy Policy.
Aims & Objectives
- Act as a collective voice for the local economy, promoting a responsible approach to the Climate Change Bill
- Serve as a rallying point for local businesses looking to improve sustainability, publicised through Chamber’s Climate Change Programme
- Collate concerns and questions; work on providing clear and straightforward answers
- Provide knowledge sharing opportunities related to sustainability
- Encourage and promote collaborative solutions for lowering emissions and improving environmental impact
- Locally develop new ideas to advance the transition to a green economy
- Ensure positive engagement with Government, including invitations to take part in meetings to promote alignment of private and public sector
- Make constructive recommendations to decision-makers on strategy, policies and legislation
- Develop an open source of practical expertise, a database of information and a list of relevant contacts
- Organise presentations and discussions from global topic experts
- Offer the opportunity to attend local workshops and training courses
- Foster external partnerships to promote sustainability, including the wider communities i.e. farming and fishing