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GLA ENVIRONMENT TEAM
Working with BIDs
London BIDs meeting 03.06.2014
Stephen Tate
Assistant Director, Environment
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We support the growth and development of London through 2 key objectives:
1.Creating a resource efficient city:– Improving energy and water efficiency
– Utilising waste as a resource
2.Creating a resilient, greener city– Improving London’s air quality
– Increasing resilience to extreme weather
– Enhancing green infrastructure
TEAM OBJECTIVES
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WORKING WITH BIDS
• A call to action – introducing 4 projects where we are working or want to work with BIDs:
1. FoodSave
2. Greening the BIDs
3. Business Energy Challenge
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Providing free support to 240 food SMEs to reduce food waste, divert surplus food to good purposes & manage unavoidable food waste more sustainably.
Funded by Mayor of London, ERDF and LWARB, and GLA is working with two delivery partners:
Restaurants, hotels, pubs, quick service restaurants and canteens
Food retailers, manufacturers, street food vendors, markets, wholesalers and food growers
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Business benefits
•Free support
•Understanding of food waste
•Potential cost savings
•Improved efficiency
•Improved CSR
Results so far
The first 15 hospitality businesses supported:
•Prevented an average of 1.6 tonnes of food waste per year
•Saved on average of over £6,000 per year
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Opportunities for BIDs to get involved:•Make businesses in your area aware of FoodSave opportunities through communications•Introduce the FoodSave team to food SMEs in your area •Hold a FoodSave event or invite the FoodSave team to present at an existing event
Website:
www.london.gov.uk/foodsave
Contact:
Lisa Bennett, FoodSave Project Manager
[email protected]/ 0207 983 4920
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• Mayoral project to deliver green infrastructure in BIDs and employer partnerships, in conjunction with CRP.
• Green infrastructure includes street trees, green roofs, rain gardens, pocket parks etc
• Increases resilience to extreme weather
• Ensures London remains an attractive place in which to live, work and invest.
• To date we have worked with BIDs in central London to undertake 15 GI Audits, to identify opportunities for greening:
• Over 300 rain gardens
• 200 + green walls
• More than 100ha of green roofs
GREENING THE BIDS
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• We are supporting BIDs to deliver GI:– Funding for 15 demonstration projects (7 completed), 25% GLA
funded
– Advice and guidance to facilitate many more projects
• This is helping to meet Mayor’s target to increase green cover in the CAZ by 5% by 2030.
• To find out how undertaking a GI Audit and being part of Greening the BIDs could help you:
Contact: [email protected]
Free Best Practice Guide: http://www.victoriabid.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BestPracticeGuide_A4-10.pdf
GREENING THE BIDS
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GREENING THE BIDSwww.london.gov.uk/priorities/environment/greening-london/urban-greening/greening-bids
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• New Mayoral awards programme for businesses reducing their emissions from their property portfolios.
• Tenants and owners.
• Awards November 2014, hosted by Mayor.
• Will be blogging on london.gov.uk about good examples of emission reductions from buildings in the leads up to awards.
BUSINESS ENERGY CHALLENGE
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• Awards: Gold (top 10%), Silver (next 15%) and Bronze (next 20%) awards in first year.
• Certificates for every business that enters.
• Will develop specials awards e.g. individual building reductions. Also, platinum award from 2016.
• Developing online tool for businesses to input energy data, tool will convert to carbon dioxide emissions.
BUSINESS ENERGY CHALLENGE
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• Opportunities for BIDs to get involved:– Please connect us with businesses that we can speak
to about the Challenge.
– Promote the Challenge through your networks.
– Invite us to speak to a business audience.
• Please let us know your ideas re the Challenge, and how it could help BIDs achieve their objectives.
BUSINESS ENERGY CHALLENGE
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• Foodsave:
• Greening the BIDs:
• Business Energy Challenge:
FOR MORE INFO