Sustainable Growth for SMEs in the Process Sector

February 26th 2014

FREE TO ATTEND | BREAKFAST PROVIDED
Wednesday 26 February 2014 | 08:00-10:00 
The Wilton Centre, Redcar

NEPIC, in association with the Royal Society of Chemistry and Cogent, present the BUSINESS BREAKFAST EVENT for SMEs, designed to help SMEs like you create sustainable growth for your organisation by helping you to grow your profits, develop your people and take care of the planet. 

AGENDA

08:00 Networking and breakfast

08:30 Triple Bottom Line  
Gareth Kane is a leading sustainability consultant, speaker, trainer, coach and author. He has worked with a vast range of organisations from micro companies through to trans-national corporations, across many sectors to help them make the most of the sustainability agenda. Gareth has written four books on business and sustainability: The Three Secrets of Green Business, The Green Executive, Green Jujitsu and Building A Sustainable Supply Chain.

Gareth will explain the advantages of taking a proactive approach to environmental and sustainability issues against the risks of 'do nothing'. He will give some hard-hitting advice on the right way to address these issues in a meaningful and effective way, all illustrated with some compelling case studies.

08:50 REACH obligations for downstream users 
The REACH regulation is extremely complex and many companies are unsure of how it affects them. This talk will provide an overview of the obligations of downstream users under REACH and how they can optimise their resource accordingly.

09:00 EnterprisePlus – How the Royal Society of Chemistry supports small companies
We will explain how we can help promote your business, recruit the right people and find the connections, opportunities and resources you need to grow. For more information see www.rsc.org/sme

09:10 The Small Business Performance Benchmarking Tool 
To compete successfully in today’s global market, UK companies must have a well-trained, highly skilled workforce. This presentation will summarise the use of the Benchmarking Tool, which allows the user to self-assess areas for workforce development by mapping individual responses to an industry benchmark and the Cogent Gold Standard. To find out more about the SME Performance Benchmarking Tool CLICK HERE.

09:20 NEPIC Programmes to support SMEs - DEELOCSI and BASME 
NEPIC has two programmes to support SMEs in the region and that are free of charge to join. 

DEELOCSI – Delivering Energy Efficient Low Carbon Sustainable Industry shows SMEs how they can realistically reduce their carbon footprint to improve their green credentials to reduce overhead costs, be more energy efficient or align with the green energy ethos of the larger suppliers they may serve. 

BASME - Business Acceleration for SMEs helps SMEs in the Process Sector Supply Chain develop their sales to the process sector by providing essential networking opportunities and events, free workshops to improve key skills and sector mentoring from senior figures from across the Process Sector. Visit www.nepic.co.uk/basme for more information.

09:30 Networking 
10:00 Event Ends
CLICK HERE to register for your FREE place.