http://www.environmenteast.org.uk Environmental Industries Hub for the East of England Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:28:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New government-backed clean-tech investment fund to target start-ups committed to improving resource efficiency. The government has recently formally launched the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIF), with the first of a new £125m fund for investing in cutting-edge environmental technologies. The UKIF was announced last June and was followed by the appointment of ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2010/01/uk-government-launches-125m-environmental-innovation-fund/ The recession could leave a legacy of improved resource efficiency in the East of England as businesses adopt an increasingly ‘thrifty' mindset - that's according to a new report published by sustainability experts Envirowise. The Envirowise Business Thrift Shift Report, which encompasses responses from more than 500 UK companies, reveals that ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2010/01/recession-leaves-legacy-of-resource-efficiency-as-east-of-england-businesses-undergo-major-%e2%80%98thrift-shift%e2%80%99/ Companies across the East of England, and those looking to set up in the region, will benefit from new arrangements for fully integrated trade and inward investment business support from 1 April 2010. EEIDB Ltd has been selected as preferred provider for both the East of England Development Agency's (EEDA) inward ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2010/01/new-integrated-trade-and-inward-investment-business-support-arrangements-from-april-2010/ The East of England is an economic force to be reckoned with compared to other top-performing global regions but investment in high-level skills and infrastructure is holding back greater growth. A report from Insight East, the economic experts at the East of England Development Agency (EEDA), compares the region with other ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2010/01/east-of-england-a-global-economic-force/ The critical Copenhagen climate change conference is now well underway.  'Inside Cop15' is a WWF Green TV initiative at the conference, producing six podcasts and a live show (at 18:00 GMT; 19:00 CET) every day.   'Inside Cop15' will be reporting the highs, lows and everything in-between in the negotiations for a ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2009/12/wwf-green-tv-inside-cop15/ [caption id="attachment_1295" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Britain's first dual fuel bus "][/caption] A consortium brought together by low-carbon experts at the University of East Anglia has launched the first bus in the UK to run on clean, biomethane gas. The innovative dual-fuel diesel-biomethane powered bus will reduce pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2009/10/britain%e2%80%99s-first-dual-fuel-bus-will-cut-emissions-by-half/ [caption id="attachment_1288" align="alignright" width="252" caption="Reducing the waste your business produces could save you as much as £1,000 per employee"][/caption] Envirowise is targeting packaging manufacturers with a new waste reduction initiative that it says could help save companies £1,000 per employee. ‘Rethink Waste' is an online course that looks at benchmarking data and ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2009/10/envirowise-launches-online-waste-reduction-course/ [caption id="attachment_1282" align="alignright" width="238" caption="Save water or else - the message from Envirowise!"][/caption] The warning comes from sustainability experts Envirowise and follows research which found that 70% of sustainability specialists consider the threat of dwindling water supplies to be equal to the impact of carbon emissions, while 54% believe the world ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2009/10/save-water-or-else/ [caption id="attachment_1271" align="alignright" width="300" caption="An hour a week could help save the planet "][/caption] Even a small amount of time devoted to environmental issues can mean big pay back, says research from Envirowise One hour a week - it doesn't sound like much, but that's all the time companies in the East ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2009/10/an-hour-a-week-could-help-save-the-planet/ Hopsitality businesses in the East of England could be missing the opportunity to improve their environmental performance because they wrongly assume it is a costly process. Research by the Institute of Hospitality and sustainability experts Envirowise found that more than half of managers surveyed in the hospitality sector felt ‘going green' ... http://www.environmenteast.org.uk/2009/10/east-of-england-hospitality-sector-fails-to-check-in-for-cost-savings/