Past workshops

Making your travel miles better!

Date: 28 June 2011

This event has now passed. For more information please contact carbon.hub@kent.gov.uk or call 01622 696950.

The workshop covered:

• How to identify your travel emissions using our surveys, audits and guides.
• The best quick win actions that you can take to reduce your travel footprint.
• How easy it is to get your own travel plan and showcase your environmental credentials.

Previous webinars:

Greening your Business through Environmental Management

Date: Wednesday 25 May 2011

This event has now passed. For more information please contact carbon.hub@kent.gov.uk or call 01622 696950.

This workshop covered:

• A free service offering sustainable business support.
• Environmental policy.
• Carbon footprinting.
• Introduction to the South East Business Carbon Hub (our online carbon management tool).
• Sustainable transport.
• Steps to Environmental Management (STEM) Certification.

South East Business Carbon Hub webinar: Steps to Environmental Management (STEM) Level 1

Date: 30 March 2011 and 21 July 2011

This event has now passed. For more information please contact carbon.hub@kent.gov.uk or call 01622 696950.

This online event for business owners and managers introduced the South East Business Carbon Hub’s new Steps to Environmental Management (STEM) accreditation scheme.

STEM is a step-by-step guide to putting an environmental management system in place within your business. It is a free, self-certifying scheme. More information can be found by visiting the STEM page.

During the webinar we discussed:

1. What an environmental management system is.
2. What you need to do to achieve Level 1 (Blue) of STEM including:

• Obtaining top management commitment.
• Carrying out a baseline assessment.
• Identifying your significant environmental impacts.
• Drafting an Environmental Policy.
• Collecting environmental performance data.

South East Business Carbon Hub webinar: Free online workshop: Making carbon management simple

This event took place on 22 February 2011.  For more information on carbon management and our upcoming webinars please contact carbon.hub@kent.gov.uk or phone 01622 696950.

During the webinar, businesses learned why they should measure their carbon footprint and what are the benefits of reducing it.

In summary the webinar showed.

• Introduction to SEBCH.
• Why you should measure your carbon footprint
• Measuring your carbon footprint.
• 10 steps to measuring and reducing your carbon using the SEBCH.
• Q&A session - opportunity for you to enter data and ask questions.

Thank you all those who attended the webinar, you can now view the Power Point slides here (PDF, 1.8mb) and watch the carbon management video (with transcript).

South East Business Carbon Hub webinar: Steps to Environmental Management (STEM) Level 1

This event took place on 26 January 2011, but you can view the slides from the webinar and watch the video, links are at the end. For more information on STEM and our upcoming webinars please contact carbon.hub@kent.gov.uk or phone 01622 696950.

This online event for business owners and managers introduced the South East Business Carbon Hub’s new Steps to Environmental Management (STEM) accreditation scheme.

STEM is a step-by-step guide to putting an environmental management system in place within your business. It is a free, self-certifying scheme. More information can be found by visiting the STEM page.

In summary the webinar showed:

1.    What an environmental management system is.

2.    What you need to do to achieve Level 1 (Blue) of STEM including:

• Obtaining top management commitment.
• Carrying out a baseline assessment.
• Identifying your significant environmental impacts.
• Drafting an Environmental Policy.
• Collecting environmental performance data.

Thank you all those who attended the webinar, you can now view the Power Point slides here (PDF, 1.5mb) and watch the STEM video (with transcript).

South East Business Carbon Hub webinar: Making your business travel miles better!

This event took place on 27 October 2010, but you can view the slides from the webinar and watch the video, links are at the end.

In summary the webinar:

Shows you how you can reduce your workplace travel emissions and save you money by looking at the following:

• Identify your travel emissions using our surveys, audits and guides.
• Find the best quick win actions that you can take to reduce your travel footprint.
• See how easy it is to create your own travel plan and showcase your environmental credentials.

Thank you all those who attended the webinar, you can now view the slides here (PDF, 2mb) and watch the business travel video.

If you have any trouble accessing the slides, please email carbon.hub@kent.gov.uk, or phone 01622 696950.