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A Sustainable Public Sector
How to green your organisation
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Monday 7th December 2009
Sheraton Grand Hotel, Edinburgh
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Conference chair:Keynote speakers:- David Bond, Public Sector Sustainability Lead, BT Global Services
- Robin Harper MSP, former Co-convenor, the Scottish Green Party and Convener of the Cross-Party on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, the Scottish Parliament
- Evan Williams, Managing Director, Environmental and Resource Economics and Chair of The Scottish Sustainable Development Forum
- Sara Parkin OBE, Founder Director (and Trustee), Forum for the Future
Also presenting:- Tony McHardy, Head of Sales and Marketing, Business Stream
- Colin Brown, Chief Executive, Sustainability Insight
- Sasha Trifkovic, Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development Commission Scotland
- Ian Murdoch, Manager, Scottish Transport, Energy Saving Trust
- Belinda Miller, Head of Economic and Environmental Sustainability, Aberdeen City Council
- Fiona Montgomery, Information Development Officer, UNISON Scotland
- Michael Thorpe, Sustainability & Health Lead, BT Global Services
Reducing carbon emissions across the public sector will be key to Scotland’s future not only for economic reasons but to meet climate change and Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) targets. Whilst there have been many discussions on sustainability and the impetus for organisations to have a low carbon footprint, there is little consensus regarding good practice for ‘greening’ an organisation’s standard operating and support procedures. This conference will equip delegates with the information they need to make their services and technologies more sustainable, efficient and cost effective.
The UK Government Cabinet Office’s Greening Government ICT strategy outlines the targets, and methods for meeting them, in order to create a more sustainable use of information and communication technologies within government. Government is the largest purchaser of Britain’s ICT which is a major user of energy and natural resources. It is therefore essential that the systems that are in place to improve the lives of millions of people do so without negative impacts on the environment.
The need for central government innovation in this area is likely to indicate that requirements for local government to do the same are not far behind. This conference is therefore for those across the public sector who want to understand the efficiencies that ‘green’ services and technologies can deliver; both environmentally and economically.
This conference will examine the barriers that prevent organisations from ‘greening’ their services including; sustainable supply chains and how to create them, funding of ‘green’ improvements with reduced budgets and how to procure such improvements sustainably. Innovative and affordable examples of sustainable implementation of services and technologies will also be explored at this event.
If you have any questions, please email us or call us on 0131 272 2133.
We look forward to seeing you at this important conference.
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Conference development by: Scott Brodie
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Upcoming conferences
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