1. Nilam Patel Business Support Officer Going green with...

2. Contents What is Investors in the Environment (iiE)? iiE criteria / accreditation Membership benefits Successes & savings Survey results

3. What is iiE? Environmental Accreditation Standard Green help, support, resources & promotion for ALL businesses (large and small) in the form of a membership Credible Environmental Management System (EMS) Help make actual cost savings & impact reductions Consultancy support (to IS014001 and much more)

4. iiE Information to date Over 990+ businesses pledging to be greener Over 160+ members working towards, or achieved iiE accreditation Renewal rate of iiE membership is over 90%! Membership coverage across the UK: East of England / Lincolnshire / London / Bristol / Northamptonshire / Nottinghamshire / Yorkshire & Humberside

5. iiE Members Include... Amey Cespa, Ashbury Chocolates, Ashdown Phillips, Axiom Housing, Bakkavor Freshcook, Balfour Beatty, Budget Pack, Bulley Davey, Cambridgeshire Police, Coca Cola, Cross Keys Homes, Environment Agency, Evening Telegraph, Groundworks, IKEA, Kerry Foods, Kinnerton Confectionary, Kitchen Range Foods, Lindum, London & Southbank University, Mars Petcare, Northamptonshire university, Queensgate Shopping Centre, Specsavers, Thomas Cook, Veolia, Viridor, Vivacity...

6. Membership Costs Bronze Silver Green 1 to 5 / Charities£150£200£300 6 to 10 staff£150£250£350 11 to 30 staff£200£300£400 31 to 80 staff£300£400£500 81 to 200 staff£400£500£600 201 to 500 staff£500£600£700 500+ staff£600£700£800 (Prices will vary for businesses with multiple franchises).

7. Accreditation (EMS) Levels iiE is achievable to all businesses (large and small) Over 80% of businesses go straight for top Level Green

8. The iiE Criteria Each accreditation if broken down into 5 SIMPLE steps Once complete, businesses have a credible EMS! We help businesses with every step of the way...

9. FREE Tools / Templates & Support Environment policy templates and links Measuring resource spreadsheet Action plan template Travel plan templates, surveys & information Links to CO2 calculators Sharing of success stories Other members completed iiE pack/EMS which include all the above and more... For FREE. Telephone support, onsite audit & research

10. Other environmental ‘actions’ to achieve iiE accreditation Helping businesses achieve more, including ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’

11. iiE membership Resource library...

12. FREE: Workshops/ Training/ Open days

13. iiE Annual Awards – Every April

14. Free Promotion - www.iie.uk.comwww.iie.uk.com

15. Monthly promotion, sharing successes, best practice and events to the 990+ Pledgers...

16. Networking / Promotion

17. We help businesses advocate GREEN...

18. Members successes & Savings... Queensgate saved over 35% on their energy usage. Business Watch Security saved over £500 in 2011. Budget Paper Supplies saved over £1500 in lighting costs over the year. Bakkavor saved over £22,000 on water efficiency measures IPM saved £852 in electricity reduction in 7 months. Athene have savings of 40% / £1386 by switching energy providers.

19. Our savings so far... In 2011 iiE members... Collectively saved over 1,558,418 litres of water!* Saved collectively over 1,597,545 kWh of electricity!* Saved collectively over 10,301,164 kWh of gas!* saved collectively over 239,493 tonnes of carbon dioxide!* *members that met their accreditation targets.

20. What this looks like… 4 Swimming pools (average 25m swimming pool) Enough for nearly 500 family homes for 1 year!

21. Enough gas for 777 Peterborough city households for 1 year! Forest of 647 hectares

22. Our financial savings... 2011 financial savings * Saved over £63,745 (74,697€) through increased environmental awareness! *(This represents 8 members who have submitted their financial data)

23. Main motivation for joining iiE ‘Others’ include: A great alternative to other standards A recognised standard Help and Support to green the business Keeping up with other businesses (competition) Need help to green the business

24. How do we recruit? Monthly newsletter (950+ database) Incoming enquiries (calls and emails) through: Referrals, Website, Media, Supply chain pressure to work with the local council. Networking and events (internal and external) Cold Calling (direct sales, Pledge recruitment and the iiE free Green Directory)

25. ‘Strengths’ of the service provided ‘Others’ include: very accessible/ approachable motivation alternative to ISO local recognition commitment all results

26. Does being greener help create better business / more sales? “Yes, and it helps to spread green thinking!”

27. To summarise success: Excellent relationship building ‘Informal’ and friendly (yet professional) Great customer service overall Effective accreditation standard Our “Let it be Easy” motto (helping businesses through the iiE criteria) Empowering the iiE members with knowledge, help, support and promotion for their hard work.

28. Summary What is iiE? iiE criteria / accreditation Membership benefits Successes & savings Survey results

29. Thank you Any questions? Nilam Patel +44 1733 882547 Nilam.patel@pect.org.uk www.iie.uk.com