We recently held our 2024 Sustainability Forum at Thorpe Park Leeds.
Thank you to those who attended, we hope you found the session useful and informative.
For those who couldn’t make it, we’ve provided a summary below of items that were discussed. If you’d like any further information on these, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Carbon Footprinting
Adrian Balcombe from WYCA spoke about their free carbon footprinting tool available for businesses across West Yorkshire plus the other business support available. You can view the presentation here for more information.
In addition to this. WYCA are hosting a series of free, 1-hour webinars to help businesses take practical, environmentally friendly steps in their workplace regarding sustainability.
·Motivating sustainable action (30th Oct 2024)
·Climate resilience for businesses (27th Nov 2024)
·Design for the circular economy (26th Feb 2025)
·Reduce your water footprint (26th March)
·Encourage sustainable travel (28th May)
·Identifying and avoiding greenwashing (25th June)
All webinars run on Wednesdays between 2 & 3pm, and will include practical steps to turn ideas into reality, protect your business and support its growth.
Turning Waste into Resources Workshop
Turning waste into resources (circular economy/waste management workshops)
Friday 25th Oct (2-4pm), St Georges Conference Centre, Leeds
The sessions will explain ways in which you can:
•Cut waste management costs
•Create potential new income streams
•Reduce the use of virgin raw materials
•Reduce your environmental impact
•Improve supply chain relationships.
ParkLife Resources for Thorpe Park Businesses
Then a link to existing ParkLife resources can be found here including the Travel Guide and information on lift sharing. If you would like any hard copies of these to share across your workplace, please just let us know.
Other Support with Commuting
If your business would like additional support around the subject of the commute, we’d be glad to help. We can assist you to prepare and put in place an action plan focused on minimising car use, helping to reduce the carbon footprint, and also helping with factors such as managing parking demands. Simply get in touch with the ParkLife team to discuss!