Making an Impact: 2001 to 2011

Introducing ENWORKS

• Established in 2001; celebrating our tenth anniversary in 2011.

• More than 11,580 businesses of all sizes and sectors already advised.

• Internationally recognised environmental business support.

• Combatting market failure and decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation.

• Focused on resource efficiency – making more with less – by using energy / water / materials more efficiently and managing residual waste.

• We convert environmental pressures into real competitive advantages.

Headline impacts

“What impresses me most about projects such as ENWORKS is they truly are becoming the change that’s needed in the world.”

Al Gore, former US Vice President

• Over the last decade ENWORKS has demonstrated its environmental, economic and social impacts, by helping businesses to achieve:

£100m Business cost savings

476,000 Tonnes of CO2e savings

7,488 Jobs safeguarded and created

£230.6m Sales safeguarded and won

11,580 Businesses assisted

Core services

•On-site reviews to identify resource efficiency improvements

- Free reports with fully quantified improvement opportunities.

- Ongoing, hands-on assistance with implementing improvements.

- Help with securing finance if necessary, accessing technical support from specialist .

consultants, and driving cultural change within businesses.

• Bespoke software – the ENWORKS Online Resource Efficiency Toolkit

- Free access to award-winning software used by Government and public bodies.

- Helps managers to prioritise, track and report on your progress and resulting savings.

• Training and networking

- Up to 40 free seminars/workshops/events a year, at local venues across the NW.

- Includes courses certified by professional bodies, including CIEH and CIWM.

• Green Intelligence

- Free, fortnightly e-bulletins, bringing the most relevant environmental business news,

information and case studies directly to people’s inboxes, tailored to their business needs.

Unique delivery model

ENWORKS partnership structure

Business benefits

• Our hands-on, one-to-one support helps businesses to:

Cut costs

Boost productivity

Increase profitability

Safeguard and create jobs

Retain and win contracts

Improve corporate reputation

Key

11,580 businessessupported withresource efficiencyby ENWORKS

Investment and return

£46m £178mInvested in businesses Net additional GVA

£23m in public funds Independent evaluation (2007-10)secured (primarily from the showed that ~£9m invested in usNWDA and ERDF) to support delivered a £178m net additionalbusinesses GVA to the economy (1:20 ratio).

+ We outperformed all regional environmental business support

An additional £23m leveraged programmes and achieved better from other public sector sources value-for-money than the aggregate support. of all the national environmental

programmes / generic business support programmes.

Business savings – financial and environmental

• We help businesses to reap the financial rewards of improving their environmental performance…

£152m Business cost savings per yearWe’re helping businesses to boost their bottom lines

794,200 CO2e savings per yearWe’re helping businesses to reduce their carbon footprints.

6.1m m3 Water savings per yearWe’re helping businesses to protect precious natural resources.

3.1m tonnes Material savings per yearWe’re helping businesses to make more with less.

520,800 tonnes Waste diversion from landfill per yearWe’re helping businesses to treat residual waste as a fresh resource or income stream.

Local economy and social impact

• ENWORKS is already helping 1000’s of businesses to achieve amazing things, and we have plans to do much more…

£21.4m Private investment leveragedWe’ve helped businesses of all sizes tomake smart investments.

7,488 Jobs safeguarded and createdWe have a proven ability to drive job securityand job creation.

£230.6m Sales safeguarded and increasedWe’ve made environmental improvements thathave given local companies a real competitive edge.

3,335 Adults trainedWe facilitate knowledge and skills transfer to make business improvements sustainable in the long term.

Average savings

• On average, for every business supported intensively with resource efficiency (resource reduction or waste management) we’ve achieved cumulative savings to date of:

65,700 Cost savings 312 tonnes CO2e savings

460,100 tonnes Electricity/gas savings

3,400 m3 Water savings

11,800 tonnes Material savings

175 tonnes Waste diverted from landfill

It’s not rocket science

A lasting impact

• We’re actively supporting businesses with the transition towards a vibrant, sustainable, low-carbon economy.

• The annual savings we achieve accrue, year after year.

• We’re helping the UK to meet its climate change targets.

• We’re helping to reduce the pressures on scarce resources and on local waste collection/disposal services.

• We deliver a tried and tested model of support that already works for companies of all sizes and sectors.

• There is still much more to do. We’ve already identified fresh annual savings of:

£119m Cost savings 663.5k tonnes CO2e savings 4.4m Water savings 690k tonnes Material savings

External recognition

ENWORKS has been recognised as best practice by a wide range of high profile bodies, such as:

BusinessGreen Leaders Awards – SustainIT Awards –

NGO of the Year, 2011 Climate Change and

Europe Awards – Environmental Efficiency, 2006

Finalist in the ‘Consuming’ category, European Commission –

2011 Best Practice Principles of

European Commission – Sustainable Development, 2005

Best Practice Environmental Success Northwest Awards –

Support Network, 2009 Exceptional Contribution to

The Ashden Awards for Environmental Excellence, 2005

Sustainable Energy – European Social Fund –

Energy Efficiency, 2007 Merit Award for Sustainable

Regeneration and Renewal Awards – Development, 2005

Economic Development Learning Northwest Awards –

Project of the Year, 2007 Workforce Development, 2002

What people are saying

“ENWORKS is one hell of a story! This is the sort of stuff thatmakes me feel amazingly inspired. It is the stuff of incrementalimpact reduction, in a way that’s delivering real value for wealthcreators, for shareholders, for businesses, for communities andfor the environment. It is a tremendous achievement.”

Sir Jonathon Porritt CBE, co-founder of Forum for the Future

“Without ENWORKS’ help we wouldn’t have madethe progress we have; nor would we have been able to secure the future of our employees’ contracts or thenew business we’ve acquired in this difficult economic climate.”

Katrina Wallbank, Director of T Forrest & Sons, Lancashire

Get in touch

To find out more about ENWORKS, please contact us at:

Samantha Nicholson, ENWORKS DirectorE: samantha@enworks.comT: 0161 245 4764www.enworks.com @enworks2001 www.linkedin.com/company/enworks

Green Intelligence - fortnightly emails of green business news and case studies: www.greenintelligence.org.uk

ENWORKS In a Box – sharing our learning and experiences: www.enworksinabox.com

Website for businesses interested in free ENWORKS support: www.getsupport.enworks.com