Cumbria Chamber & Eco-Innovation North West are to hold a two-day interactive workshop.

This practical, interactive project is aimed at North West based SME’s that are starting their low-carbon innovation journey and are looking for opportunities and support to become a low-carbon business.

It is being run as a two day ‘in-person’ workshop held in Cumbria, in partnership with Manchester Met & Cumbria Chamber of Commerce.

During COP26 the UK Government announced plans for firms to show how they intend to hit net-zero.

The course is designed to help SME’s engage with the sustainability agenda and to look at how they can evolve their businesses to avoid the challenged of clean air bills and bans of red diesel fuel.

On November 22 and 23, Manchester Metropolitan University are holding a two-day interactive workshop to help Cumbrian SMEs begin their sustainability journey through the development of long-term net-zero action plans, with a particular focus on innovation.

The programme will cover: the basics of the climate emergency; understanding your business and its environmental impacts; identifying opportunities for innovation; and, how to develop pathways that can take businesses from current to next practice.

Following the workshops, participating businesses will also have the opportunity to work closely with Manchester Met academics to implement innovations in their organisation through things like biofuels, hydrogen, 3D printing and more.

The event is being run as a two-day course Tuesday, November 22 and Wednesday, November 23 and will run from 10am until 4pm on both days at the Roundthorn Country House in Penrith.

Attendance for north west based SME’s is fully funded via the European Regional Development Fund.

Interested businesses are urged to get in touch and fill in the online form which can be found on the Cumbria Chamber of Commerce website.

 

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