Join us at the Green Jobs Roadshow

Climate Caravan Roadshow Route Olive and Southampton Science Park are hosting a special ‘green jobs’ event on Monday 21st May.

The Climate Change Caravan UK tour will be stopping here at the Science Park on the Southampton leg of its tour. During it’s visit the organisers will be talking to and promoting businesses that show the potential for future growth in the green economy. The aim is to highlight how creating green jobs in the area can help solve both the economic and climate crisis. Continue reading

How to reduce your carbon emissions: Act now to prepare for or avoid the CRC carbon tax

Smart electricity meterActing swiftly could reduce or potentially avoid carbon tax!

Use this five step guide for practical ways to cut your organisation’s carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency, and reduce or eliminate the requirement to pay for carbon allowances under the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC). Continue reading

Legislation ammendments make it easier to implement microgeneration equipment on site

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2012 (SI 2012/748)

microgeneration windturbine in field

The Cardiff Council Flat Holm Project, via Wikimedia Commons

This Order amends Schedule 2 of the 1995 Order in relation to permitted development rights for the installation of certain microgeneration equipment. This has the effect of reducing bureaucracy in the planning system and encouraging the uptake of microgeneration on non domestic premises by removing the planning application requirement. Continue reading

Rising demand for in-house Internal auditing training for ISO 14001 environmental management system

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We’ve seen an increase in the demand for internal environmental auditing courses recently.

With a growing uptake of environmental management systems, namely ISO 14001, more and more companies are realising the benefits of creating an internal auditing team and keeping them trained so that their auditor skills up to date. Why is this important? Continue reading

Will REACH revisions affect your business?

Barrels of chemicals - SVCHs for EU REACH Annex

Julo, via Wikimedia Commons

New candidate SVCHs for EU REACH Annex XIV

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SVCHs: substances of very high concern

REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals List.

ECHA: European Chemicals Agency

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Some interesting points to note on REACH – Notably point 3 if you are in the aerospace and defense or manufacturing industries: Continue reading

The Green Ninja – Case studies on staff engagement and awareness campaigns for sustainability and environmental issues

Have you thought about how you would go about running a staff awareness campaign for environmental or sustainability issues that affect your business?

Included below is one example of an awareness campaign project in which we helped our client solve their engagement and training challenges, plus the Green Ninja video as another source of inspiration. Continue reading

ISO 14001:2004 update – Olive contributes to the consultation for the revision of ISO 14001

We sent Alice and William, two of our environmental management system (EMS) experts to help with and contribute to the revision of ISO 14001:2004.  The Environmental Management Standard will be revised using feedback from these “consultations”, and is due to be released in 2013-2014.

Although the revision is not set to be released until next year, we do already know that Continue reading

Why is e-learning a good tool for sustainability and environmental awareness training?

What is your approach to training and staff engagement?

Consider how you have approached training before, would your approach to sustainability and environmental training be any different? Have you looked into environmental awareness or sustainability training?

The importance of sustainability and environmental awareness training Continue reading

Extension of SMART funding: Free environmental training courses

Extension of SMART funding

SMART funding has been extended – funded training for companies linked to and supporting the construction industry is now available until June 2012.

You can –

+ Attend one of our environmental and sustainability training courses for FREE

+ Attend an eligible course between now and 14th June 2012 Continue reading