Many thanks to Tom Willis and Samantha Woolven for hosting the IOD at the event last night at Shoreham Port as part of Sustainability Week. It was a really interesting event, especially fascinating to understand the ethos of the port as acting as a hub for jobs and businesses in the local community and its vision for green hydrogen [...]
As part of Shoreham Port’s Sustainability Week, the Sussex Branch of the Institute of Directors has been invited to Shoreham Port on the evening of Thursday 29th of September. This will be an opportunity for existing and prospective members, and any local companies who are interested in advancing their own sustainability journeys, to have the opportunity to take [...]
Congratulations, from all the GESL team, to our colleague Katy, Regional Manager - East. Katy completed the 26 mile hike across the South Downs to support people living with Cancer, in doing so Katy helped raise a lot of money for a very good cause. More about Macmillan Cancer Support Mighty Hikes can be found at mightyhikes.macmillan.org.uk "Mighty Hikes [...]
It was a really quiet Floodex this year. Nobody was entirely sure why. One thought was that companies may be busy dealing with the current floods. Another was that potential Corona Virus was keeping people away. It has been a good start to 2020 for business, so potentially companies are too busy. Nevertheless, there were some interesting companies and organisations [...]
Achilles Connect: Infrastructure Projects (updated - post event 05.03.20) The Achilles Connect: Infrastructure Projects event, held recently in Birmingham, was really worth attending. Firstly, there was really good advice on how to look for opportunities with HS2 and what they are looking for. Secondly, the presentation on carbon management, with an explanation of ISO14064, was the best I’ve seen – [...]
The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) exists to ensure that the UK business environment sector can operate effectively to improve the environment that we all rely on and enjoy as citizens. "The first EIC water group meeting of 2020 was very interesting. Excellent speeches from the Environment Agency on the River Thames Scheme and the National Infrastructure Commission, as well as [...]
