Audience: This face-to-face event is aimed at local leaders involved in commissioning and shaping provision to support the transition to a sustainable, net zero economy.
Overview
The event will explore how regional policy makers, local politicians and business programme providers can better support firms to make the shift to net zero in the new funding landscape.
Organised by University of Derby with the support of Midlands Engine, East Midlands Chamber and Sustainability West Midlands, the event will use lessons learned from years of pro-environmental enterprise support (PEES) provision to explore how to provide companies with access to world-class business support, ensuring our region remains at the forefront of the transformation to the sustainable economy of the future.
In addition to face-to-face engagement with a range of experts, delegates will be provided with signposts to a wealth of existing material, access to the latest research, brand new resources and access to a national network of PEES experts.
Benefits of attending
This event will help you commission high quality provision, access funding and optimise the design and delivery of business support towards net zero, by explaining:
• The current trends in business sustainability and clean growth based on 8 years of regional business surveys and explore the implications in a policy context.
• What businesses want and need on the journey to net zero. We will explain what research tells us about the barriers and enablers to firms progressing on the journey to net zero.
• How finance and funding streams can be leveraged to support the SME journey to net zero. We will provide information about the latest developments in the funding landscape.
• What are the most effective approaches to business development and what ‘leading practice’ in pro-environmental enterprise support looks like.
• What resources and help are freely available. We will showcase some of the best existing resources and materials available to firms and launch a new set of resources on the University Net-Zero Pathway for SMEs.
• How to benchmark PEES provision in your area against leading practice nationally. Delegates will be invited to contribute to the University of Derby PEES action framework and maturity model work.
• Why multi-stakeholder collaboration is crucial to delivering progress at the pace and scale needed to achieve national net zero targets. Delegates will be invited to join a national network pro-environmental enterprise support (PEES) experts.
A light lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Discussion
Attendees will have the opportunity to share their current experiences of commissioning, funding and delivering pro-environmental enterprise support and explore the challenges and opportunities of the new funding regime. As well as establishing greater collaboration across the Midlands, a key aim is to identify existing examples of impactful business support provision that can act as a springboard to amplify existing leading practice in net zero and clean growth business.
View full agenda at the booking link.
