Cumbria Business Environment Network

1.       Communication to Staff (COMPULSORY)

Communicating your changes to staff is paramount to the changes succeeding. There are numerous ways in which this can be achieved including:
·         Newsletters
·         Staff Meetings
·         Line Management Meetings
·         Emails
·         Notice Boards
 
To comply you should be communicating with all staff using at least one of the methods listed

2.       Communication with your Service Users (COMPULSORY)

Similar to communicating to staff, communicating with your service users is also important to the success of your environmental aspirations. Newsletters maybe the most effective way to communicate to all service users as you may not have email addresses for everyone, but you can email the ones that you have got email addresses for.
To comply you will be communicating with your service users using the most appropriate form of communication for your business.

3.       Communication with general public/new business (COMPULSORY)

Communicating your business activities is very important to potential customers. Therefore a major selling point of your business can be its environmental awareness. There are a lot of ways you can communicate to new people. Newsletters and internet appear to be the most popular.
To comply have you business details on the internet, either your own site or someone else’s.

Current News

Keep up to date with current environmental issues and regulations using these links:
Green Intelligence - NW Business Environment News
NetRegs  Environmental Regulations

Since 2006 CBEN have identified the following savings in Cumbrian businesses that we have worked with

£23m  of cost savings
84,000 tonnes of CO2 savings 
114,000 tonnes of waste diverted from landfill
182,000 tonnes of materials saved 
879,000 m³ of water saved