With rising resource costs and waste disposal charges, the Exeter Sustainable Business Network’s first quarterly event will be focusing on how businesses can reduce their waste costs and take advantage of business opportunities. There will be a series of business presentations and a networking opportunity.

Event Programme:

8:45am: Registration and coffee

9.05am: Introductions

9.15am-10.30am: Mini Presentations:

Flybe - Find out how Europe's largest regional airline minimises the amount of waste they send to landfill and reduces their waste costs. www.flybe.com

National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) - Learn how NISP has connected industry and created opportunity for business; helping companies cut disposal, storage and transport costs and generated sales by adding value to previously under-used or discarded resources. www.NISPnetwork.com

The UNITE Group plc - Discover what waste reduction initiatives the UNITE Group have implemented, the savings they have achieved and how they are influencing future generations in the sustainability agenda. www.unite-group.co.uk

Circular Business Models - Find out why big names such as B&Q, M&S, Caterpillar, Rolls Royce, Ricoh, Carillion and many others are adopting a Circular, closed loop approach and making the shift from selling products to leasing, remanufacturing and selling on a performance basis, saving costs, increasing loyal customers and creating new business value. www.circularbusinessmodels.com

10.30am-11am: Networking session - an opportunity to chat to the guest speakers and network with other attendees.

The cost of this event is £12.

To book a place visit www.exeterchamber.co.uk

http://www.sustainableexeter.co.uk/