1. Peter Larmour Sustainable Development Invest NI Opportunities for Cost Reduction

2. Invest NI Sustainable Development Programmes Support for businesses with a total annual expenditure of more than £30k on water, energy and raw materials Free Resource Efficiency Audit Free 5-day Technical Consultancy on energy, materials, water, transport, environmental management and renewable energy Industrial Symbiosis Financial assistance

3. Resource Efficiency Audit A free 1 day general audit to help identify and prioritise actions to reduce the cost of water, energy and materials Report will present findings and recommendations with advice on resource cost reduction

4. Technical Consultancy Free 5-day Technical Consultancy to develop projects in energy, materials, water, transport, environmental management and renewable energy Consultancy will identify costs and payback for resource efficiency projects. The main part of the consultancy is to help implement projects Identify and help quantify financial assistance

5. Financial Assistance Capital Grants Capital Grants of up to £40k are available to support Invest NI clients to design, purchase and install new equipment to reduce water and materials costs Up to 40% of costs are eligible for SMEs. It is not for projects which are designed mainly to save energy. Assistance for this is through the Carbon Trust Interest-Free Loan

6. Financial Assistance, Interest-Free Loans Interest-Free Loans from £3k to £400k are available through the Carbon Trust Level of Loan is determined by energy cost savings and Carbon Dioxide reduction Details of how to apply and loan calculator are on the Carbon Trust Northern Ireland website Assistance is available in providing data for loan application.

7. Industrial Symbiosis Invest NI also provides industrial symbiosis services which help generate opportunities to identify and match excess resource in one business with resource requirements in another business Areas covered include waste, transport, storage, skills, production capacity and energy See www.international-synergies.com www.international-synergies.com

8. Invest NI Business Information www.investni.com www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk

9. Contact for Invest NI Sustainable Development Programmes Email sustainabledev@investni.com Phone 028 9069 8868