About ENVEC & ENVEC Archive
Held in October each year, ENVEC is the main environmental business networking event in the South West. It is for
• decision makers in the private and public sectors
• managers responsible for energy and/or environmental issues
• other business professionals
and provides them with the information they need to respond to the challenges of the environment and climate change. The conference sessions cover some of the major strategic issues affecting business.
ENVEC is also the annual event for the South West's Energy & Environmental Management Groups.
The first ENVEC, ENVEC '93, was held at the Riviera International Conference Centre, Torquay on 8th October 1993. After five highly successful ENVECs in Torquay, ENVEC took a break in 1998 and then re-commenced in 1999 at the Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare.
ENVEC typically attracts 250+ delegates from throughout the South West region and is widely recognised in the UK as a major event for those pursuing sustainable business issues.
From ENVEC 2001, ENVEC has been run as a climate neutral event - for ENVEC 2001 - 2005 the organisers
have invested (via www.climatecare.org) in projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions to offset the emissions arising from energy used at the event itself and by delegates travelling to and from the venue. In 2005 ENVEC made a financial contribution towards the installation of solar PV panels on the
roof of the Winter Gardens Pavilion in Weston-super-Mare as part of ENVEC's environmental legacy for the venue. See also "ENVEC wood" below concerning carbon offsets from 2006.
Since ENVEC 2005, ENVEC has been organised in accordance with the principles of the nationally
recognised "Greener Events" guide for reducing the environmental impacts of conferences and seminars.
The organisers recognise that the way people obtain and share important information has changed greatly with the advent and increased use of the internet. For this reason the format of ENVEC is kept under continuous review so that this event can evolve to meet the needs of delegates.
These comments from delegates about ENVEC are typical of comments received:
Really useful event, particularly networking and sharing similar challenges...
Excellent, quick moving and packed with thought provoking presentations...
ENVEC has re-ignited my enthusiasm and passion...
truly marvellous, I loved it...
I was very fired up afterwards...
epic event...
one of the best events I have been to...
Fantastic event and great venue...
Very impressed with the whole event...
Not something we'd want to miss...
Superb...
Very useful and inspiring...
It has been a while since I have enjoyed such a range of well informed speakers in one event...
A well organised, stimulating event...
brilliant, absolutely fabulous, I'm now going to brief all my colleagues...
