GLA ENVIRONMENT TEAM
Working with BIDs
Stephen Tate
Assistant Director, Environment
stephen.tate@london.gov.uk
London BIDs meeting 03.06.2014
TEAM OBJECTIVES
We support the growth and development of
London through 2 key objectives:
1. Creating a resource efficient city:
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Improving energy and water efficiency
Utilising waste as a resource
2. Creating a resilient, greener city
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Improving London’s air quality
Increasing resilience to extreme weather
Enhancing green infrastructure
WORKING WITH BIDS
• A call to action – introducing 4 projects where
we are working or want to work with BIDs:
1. FoodSave
2. Greening the BIDs
3. Business Energy Challenge
Providing free support to 240 food SMEs to reduce food
waste, divert surplus food to good purposes & manage
unavoidable food waste more sustainably.
Funded by Mayor of London, ERDF and LWARB, and GLA is
working with two delivery partners:
Restaurants, hotels, pubs, quick service
restaurants and canteens
Food retailers, manufacturers, street food
vendors, markets, wholesalers and food
growers
Business benefits
Results so far
•Free support
The first 15 hospitality
businesses supported:
•Understanding of food waste
•Potential cost savings
• Prevented an average of
1.6 tonnes of food waste
per year
•Improved efficiency
•Improved CSR
• Saved on average of over
£6,000 per year
Opportunities for BIDs to get involved:
• Make businesses in your area aware of FoodSave
opportunities through communications
• Introduce the FoodSave team to food SMEs in your area
• Hold a FoodSave event or invite the FoodSave team to
present at an existing event
Website:
www.london.gov.uk/foodsave
Contact:
Lisa Bennett, FoodSave Project Manager
lisa.bennett@london.gov.uk/ 0207 983 4920
GREENING THE BIDS
• Mayoral project to deliver green infrastructure in BIDs
and employer partnerships, in conjunction with CRP.
• Green infrastructure includes street trees, green roofs,
rain gardens, pocket parks etc
• Increases resilience to extreme w eather
• Ensures London remains an attractive place in w hich
to live, w ork and invest.
• To date we have worked with BIDs in central London to
undertake 15 GI Audits, to identify opportunities for
greening:
• Over 300 rain gardens
• 200 + green w alls
• More than 100ha of green roofs
GREENING THE BIDS
• We are supporting BIDs to deliver GI:
– Funding for 15 demonstration projects (7 completed),
25% GLA funded
– Advice and guidance to facilitate many more projects
• This is helping to meet Mayor ’s target to increase
green cover in the CAZ by 5% by 2030.
• To find out how undertaking a GI Audit and being part
of Greening the BIDs could help you:
Contact: Matthew.thomas@london.gov.uk
Free Best Practice Guide : http://www.victoriabid.co.uk/wp content/uploads/2013/10/BestPracticeGuide_A4 -10.pdf
G R E E N www.london.gov.uk/priorities/environment/
ING THE BIDS
greening-london/urban-greening/greeningbids
BUSINESS ENERGY
CHALLENGE
• New Mayoral awards programme for
businesses reducing their emissions from
their property portfolios.
• Tenants and owners.
• Awards November 2014, hosted by Mayor.
• Will be blogging on london.gov.uk about good
examples of emission reductions from
buildings in the leads up to awards.
BUSINESS ENERGY
CHALLENGE
• Awards: Gold (top 10%), Silver (next 15%) and
Bronze (next 20%) awards in first year.
• Certificates for every business that enters.
• Will develop specials awards e.g. individual
building reductions. Also, platinum award from
2016.
• Developing online tool for businesses to input
energy data, tool will convert to carbon
dioxide emissions.
BUSINESS ENERGY
CHALLENGE
• Opportunities for BIDs to get involved:
– Please connect us with businesses that we can
speak to about the Challenge.
– Promote the Challenge through your networks.
– Invite us to speak to a business audience.
• Please let us know your ideas re the
Challenge, and how it could help BIDs achieve
their objectives.
FOR MORE INFO
• Foodsave:
lisa.bennett@london.gov.uk
• Greening the BIDs:
matthew.thomas@london.gov.uk
• Business Energy Challenge:
louise.clancy@london.gov.uk