Business Sustainability Group.
The Business Sustainability Group is chaired by Ralph Peake.
Ralph is supported by a core team inc:
- Nancy Shefford, Communications
- John Rispin, Events
- Simon Sheath, Officer, to record and distribute notes/minutes.
A task force to assist local business in achieving net zero emissions (a subsidiary group of the IoM Chamber of Commerce Climate Change Programme)
Aims & Objectives
- Act as a collective voice for the local economy, promoting a responsible approach to the Climate Change Bill
- Serve as a rallying point for local businesses looking to improve sustainability, publicised through Chamber’s Climate Change Programme
- Collate concerns and questions; work on providing clear and straightforward answers
- Provide knowledge sharing opportunities related to sustainability
- Encourage and promote collaborative solutions for lowering emissions and improving environmental impact
- Locally develop new ideas to advance the transition to a green economy
- Ensure positive engagement with Government, including invitations to take part in meetings to promote alignment of private and public sector
- Make constructive recommendations to decision-makers on strategy, policies and legislation
- Develop an open source of practical expertise, a database of information and a list of relevant contacts
- Organise presentations and discussions from global topic experts
- Offer the opportunity to attend local workshops and training courses
- Foster external partnerships to promote sustainability, including the wider communities i.e. farming and fishing