Programme

09:30 - 10:20:

Workshop: Developing a perfect low-carbon business strategy: the five things you must include - and the three things to leave out
Andy Hartley, Director, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: Getting paid to stay warm: how woodfuel and biomass can heat your premises while keeping your finance director happy
Emer Clarke, Senior Consultant, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: Farming energy: how farmers can get an extra income from renewable energy, and how to choose the right technology for your farm
Vicky Wren, Consultant, CO2Sense

Making regulation work for you: how regulation of landspreading, waste management and composting is changing, and how you can stay ahead of the law
Mike Greenhalf, Consultant, CO2Sense


10:30 - 11:50:

Workshop: Getting your staff engaged - achieving cost and carbon savings through Behaviour Change
Helen Shiels, Senior Consultant & /Christine Robinson, Senior Consultant, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: Growing your environmental businesses: how to get the contacts, cash, credibility and accreditation to make your low-carbon product a best-seller
Ben Stone, Senior Consultant, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: Making manufacturing more profitable: five ways to cut costs in resource-intensive industries
Nick Dunn, Director, CO2Sense

Carbon Footprinting and Green Design: Designing the costs out of your product and selling more as a result - the low carbon way
Andy Greenall, Consultant, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: How to pay for it: where to get investment for your low-carbon project
Andy Hartley, Director, CO2Sense



12:00 - 13:20:

Workshop: Carbon capture and storage: the biggest supply-chain opportunity in Yorkshire?
Steve Brown, Director, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: Making money from renewable energy - the technologies to use, and the hidden costs to avoid
Jemma Benson, Principal Consultant, CO2Sense

Meet your peers: Schools sector - An opportunity for participants from the educational sector to meet up
Helen Sheils, Senior Consultant, CO2Sense

Meet your peers: Local Authorities - An opportunity for participants from local Authorities to meet up
Caroline Felce, Senior Consultant, CO2Sense

Meet your peers: NHS - An opportunity for participants from the NHS to meet up
Emily Charters, Consultant, CO2Sense

Meet your Peers: Manufacturing - An opportunity for participants from Manufacturing to meet up
Yvonne Hackwell, Senior Consultant, CO2Sense

Bringing farmers together to earn an income from sustainable farm-based energy - how you could be part of the money-making movement
Helen Shiels, Senior Consultant, CO2Sense and McCains


13:40 - 15:00:

Discussion Group: Fill the tank for a quid: how electric vehicles could transform your transport, and which ones to choose
Steve Brown, Director, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: Is your business ready for climate change? How climate change could disrupt your operations, and how to increase your business continuity to stay ahead of the competition
Christine Robinson, Senior Consultant, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: Your guide to the RHI, FITs and other incentives, and how they could work for your business
James Robinson, Consultant, CO2Sense

Renewable energy financial incentives are essential to understand when undertaking or planning a renewable project. This session will discuss the main incentives, how they work in practice and the implications for your project. CO2Sense will demonstrate real working examples of the incentives and show you how to calculate and assess your financial returns.

CO2Sense would like to invite anyone interested in learning more about incentives or considering a renewable energy project to this session.

Discussion Group: Is this rubbish? Cutting costs and carbon by reducing your waste
Briony Pete, Consultant, CO2Sense

"Waste... anything that is squandered or not put to best use".

That could be materials, natural resources, energy, time, skills or potential. And whatever it is being wasted, it will undoubtedly be costing your business money.

This session will cover three key areas where waste prevention methods can be applied to your business, or organisation, to help reduce waste and its associated financial and environmental costs.

1. Your Systems
2. Your Staff &
3. Your Supply Chain


15:10 - 16:20:

Discussion Group: Banking on growth: what the £3bn Green Investment Bank could mean for your business
Steve Brown, Director, CO2Sense

Discussion Group: Five guaranteed ways to cut costs from your business - the low-carbon way
Kristina Lomas, Consultant, CO2Sense