Green Business Workshop
From Common Energy UVic
The Green Business Workshop is a project of the Business and Economy Workshop under the Green Business Cluster Project.
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together business owners, suppliers, employees, contractors, and other elements of the local economy to discuss the opportunites and barriers with regards to sustainability. The series will be based on the various elements of business: Susatinability and the bottom line, Energy Management, Waste Management, Marketing and Certifications and Community. We hope this workshop series will provide answers and strategic questions that will lead to a cleaner, greener, and more connected local economy.
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[edit] Workshop Logistics:
Venue:
- On Campus?
Workshop attendance:
- Networking
- Listserves
- Uvic Communications
- Through endorsing Facultys/Departments
- Through CE
- Local Businesses
- Postering
- Direct Phone/Email/ Inperson invite
- Letters
- Times Colonist
- Martlett
Potential Sponsors/Partners:
- Business Faculty
- Black Stilt
- MEC
- Uvic's sustainability office
- VanCity
- Coast Capital
[edit] Focuses:
What does being "Green" offer a company/institution?
Operations
- Purchasing and Waste- Common Energy will introduce the idea of a service impact web- get university purchasing people there.
- GHG Emissions and Inventories
- Building Retrofits
- Energy
Purchasing and Suppliers
- Local Suppliers
- Purchasing policies
- The small changes ( ie low hanging fruit)
Financing and Marketing
- Certification Program
- Pilot Projects
- PR and marketing tactics
- Networks and Target Markets
- Energy Savings
- Getting into the green market (ie getting ahead of the curve)
[edit] Outcomes:
"What questions do we want these workshops to answer?" and "what themes will be associated with them?"
- Outlining general needs of a business trying to green their operations
- Providing information (group learning and problem solving)- world cafe style, CE facilitators to guide the focus areas
- Facilitate the networking to build connections-Drinks, Appy's and Mingling
[edit] Tactics:
- Identifying and asking how to overcome barriers.
- CE introduce- from talking with local businesses here is what we have been hearing are needs for local business, so heres what we are discussing today
[edit] Key Questions:
How do these changes affect the bottom line? How can it be marketed and certified?- talk with business faculty What financing is available?- talk to Eric Lindquist
