Links to Environmental Business Support Organisations and Schemes

The Acorn Trust - including the 'Acorn Method' phased implementation approach to environmental management systems (ISO 14001/EMAS) for smaller companies - a pilot for BS 8555

Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment (ACBE)

Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) - UK independent environmental building trade organisation

Avon & Somerset Energy & Environmental Management Group (EEMG) - independent organisation supported by GOSW for networking and the provision of professional training

BERR's (Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform) Technology Programme - programme supporting collaborative research, development and innovation in UK business

British Wind Energy Association

The Business and Biodiversity Resource Centre

Business Climate Champions - businesses can demonstrate to staff and clients that their business is proud to care about them and future generations

Business in the Community

Business Link - national site with practical advice for business

Business Link - in the South West

The Carbon Trust - independent company funded by Government to help UK business and the public sector reduce carbon emissions and supporting low carbon technologies

Climate Change Projects Office BERR/DEFRA initiative working with business for a cleaner planet

Combined Heat and Power Association

Constructing Excellence (was Construction Best Practice Programme) - BERR focused programmes in innovation, best practice knowledge, productivity and engagement for UK construction and client organisations

Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Developing CSR in the UK

Cotswold Energy & Environmental Management Group (EEMG) - independent organisation supported by GOSW for networking and the provision of professional training

Design Advice - UK Government support scheme towards greener buildings (from the Carbon Trust)

Devon & Cornwall Energy & Environmental Management Group (EEMG) - independent organisation supported by GOSW for networking and the provision of professional training

Devon Environmental Business Initiative

Devon Sustainable Building Initiative (DSBI)

Ecos Trust - mission is to make sustainable building the norm (formerly the Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development)

Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme - independent award recognising achievements in reducing energy use by leading organisations in industry, commerce and the public sector - from the National Energy Foundation

Energy Institute, The

Energy Services and Technology Association (ESTA)

Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECAs) - ECAs for energy saving equipment, low emission vehicles etc and water saving equipment

ENVEC - the SW region's main annual conference & exhibition on energy & environmental management & technology

Environment Agency - "Netregs" - this site is designed to help small businesses navigate through the maze of environmental legislation and save you time, money and hassle

Environmental Accounting - the Environment Agency's advice environmental accounting and finance to assist the private and public sectors

Environmental Industries Sector Unit (EISU) - operating within the International Trade Group of UK Trade & Investment, with responsibility for promoting the UK environmental industry overseas

Environmental Services Association - the trade association for companies providing waste management and associated environmental services

Envirowise - formerly the Environmental Technology Best Practice Programme

Envision - environmental advice for business delivered by a partnership of Global Action Plan, Groundwork SW, Plymouth College of Further Education, Business Link Devon and Cornwall and Envolve

Future Foundations - Building a Better South West - the sustainable construction knowledge network & charter for the South West

Global 100 - project identifying the global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world

Glos Econet - green business guide for Gloucestershire businesses

Green Book Live - reference source for environmental products and services for the construction industry enabling specifiers, designers and end users to manage the environmental impact of the projects on which they work - managed by the Building Research Establishment (BRE)

Green Buying - source of green business supplies and services

The Green Register of Construction Professionals - register of construction professionals with ecological expertise

Horizon South West - partnership network of environmental business support organisations in the SW

Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment

Low Carbon Buildings Programme - BERR scheme managed by the Energy Saving Trust supporting microgeneration technologies in the private & public sectors

Low Carbon Consultants Register - database of construction professionals that have demonstrated extra skills and abilities to be able to deliver more energy efficient buildings (managed by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and supported by the Carbon Trust)

Market Transformation Programme - DEFRA's programme encouraging products which do less harm to the environment using less energy, water and resources (reference knowledge base giving briefing, analysis, working assumptions, policy directions and likely outcomes)

National Energy Foundation

National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) - national programme identifying and using synergies and linkages between cooperating industries to improve resource efficiency and minimise waste

Reduce The Use - bringing smaller businesses into the environment

Remade South West - providing business, engineering and technical assistance to manufacturers and local governments for increasing the use of recycled materials

Renewable Energy Association - (previously the Renewable Power Association) trade association for the UK renewable energy industry

Renewable Energy Centre - access to suppliers and information

Renewable Energy for Devon - free, impartial advice on renewable energy, with additional grants, feasibility studies and assistance available to SMEs and community organisations across most of Devon

Rural Enterprise Gateway (SW) - regional support project for rural businesses in the South West of England

SIGMA (Sustainability - Integrated Guidelines for Management) Project - from the British Standards Institution, Forum for the Future, and AccountAbility

South Wessex Waste Minimisation Group

SustainableBuild - UK based reference point on sustainable construction for construction professionals

The Timber Best Practice Programme - central source of innovative construction project case studies from BRE and DEPI

The Training Group - access to a range of business training (including environmental issues) provided locally in the South West

Transport Fleets & Travel Plans - Energy Saving Trust's environmental solutions for transport in Britain

UK Emissions Trading Group - CBI/ACBE group

UK Forum for Environmental Industries (UKFEI) - national voice and champion for the environmental industries sector in the UK

VALPAK - packaging regulations compliance scheme. Valpack's recycling web site is at www.recycle-more.co.uk

Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) - developing new markets for recycled materials

Waste Interchange - on-line service to business to help reduce waste disposal costs allowing businesses to advertise surplus materials and equipment

Waste Recycling Directory for Business - recycling and waste management directory from the Environment Agency (originally set up for agricultural and horticultural businesses but includes recipients of other waste streams)

WEEE Recycling Network - information service for small businesses covering all aspects of the European WEEE Directive (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)

Wessex Energy & Environmental Management Group (EEMG) - independent organisation supported by GOSW for networking and the provision of professional training

World Business Council for Sustainable Development