We are very pleased to announce that we can offer readers of the PeopleProfitPlanet blog complimentary or discounted tickets access to the highly prestigious BASE Show (www.baseshow.co.uk).

Go to the following booking page: http://bit.ly/b6yYHx and use one of these 3 options:

1. SMALL BUSINESS – COMPLIMENTARY  TICKET: If you are a small business enter “bursary” into the discount code, and you will get in for free for an ‘Entry Ticket’, which gets you into the exhibition and all the keynotes, roundtables, fringe workshops + 1 Conference Session.  These will easily keep you amused/interested for at least 1 day.
2. MEDIUM OR LARGER – DISCOUNT ENTRY TICKET: If you are medium or larger business, enter “BasePPP” into the discount code, and you will get in for £120 (rather than £150) for an Entry Ticket.
3. ALL INCLUSIVE TICKET – DISCOUNT ENTRY: If you want access to all the Conference Sessions, then enter “accessall” into the discount code and it costs £275.

Adam Woodhall will be at the event both days delivering two seminars and hosting one round table.  You can find out more information on the related blog page.

If you want further information about the event or how to book, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Adam on 07967 603 717 or adam@peopleprofitplanet.co.uk. 

PeopleProfitPlanet are very proud to announce that we are delivering three separate sessions at the very prestigious BASE (Business and a Sustainable Environment) Show at the huge ExCeL events complex in London’s Docklands on March 16th and 17th.

Some of the highest profile individuals in business, sustainability and politics will be speaking and attending.  To name a few:
• Ed Milliband, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change
• Justin King, Chief Executive, Sainsburys
• Kate Silverton, Journalist, BBC
• Philip Green, Chief Executive, United Utilities
• Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment

If you can attend for just one day or even half a day, we would highly encourage you to do so, as in addition to the PeopleProfitPlanet sessions and the high profile speakers, there will be a large programme of sessions. 

DISCOUNT: There are two main ways to attend, both with a discount:

Entry Ticket: this gets you into the exhibition, access to all the keynotes, the fringe/round table sessions (which is where PPP is delivering) and one full conference session.  This would normally cost £150, but we have obtained a discount code of 20%, reducing the price to £120.  To attend additional full conference sessions costs £75 a session.

Access All Pass: this gets you into everything the Basic Pass plus unlimited access to all the full conference sessions for £275.

FURTHER INFO OR TO BOOK: Go to: BASE Show and input the following discount code: BasePPP.

PeopleProfitPlanet Sessions: the sessions that Adam Woodhall is delivering are:
•    Middle Management… hindering your sustainability?  How to get them to help.
•    Green Team/Champions – how to get the best out of them
•    MD/CEO & Senior Execs – engage them to drive your agenda

We would be delighted to see you at BASE.  If you have already seen Adam in action, we won’t mind if you decide to attend the myriad other sessions!

In the second part of PeopleProfitPlanet's Green Champions series, we will discuss how to maximise the effect of your Green Champions and ensure they are engaging your employees in the workplace. Each business may have a self-nominated person or team or Green Champions, sometimes called Energy Champions, Environment Champions, Green Team etc. Regardless of what you call your Green Champions, your organisation benefits from their enthusiasm and role in the workplace to help you increase staff morale, reduce your business carbon footprint and importantly, save costs.

Green Champions are key in engaging your staff to cultural, organisational and environmental behaviour change. They will help your business go green, reduce your business carbon footprint, motivate your staff and help you boost the bottom line.

Altogether this is a win-win-win situation. Where your staff have increased morale and are engaged, your business benefits from resource efficiency. Employees who are involved with making the workplace greener will feel like they are working in a team and feel motivated by that. Green workplaces are also safer and sends out the message that your organisation cares about the environment, therefore attracting the best staff.

What can Green Champions do? Initially, they may take the lead in educating and encouraging green action in the workplace. From environmental awareness posters to environmental behaviour change workshops, these activities will help bring recognition to champions work. Collecting data on energy usage, waste and resources and measuring environmental performance will also be useful for identifying areas for improvement.

 

Don't lose focus
For some organisations, the problem is not encouraging sustainability – but coordinating it. While some companies will be just on the start of their Green Journey, many others may feel like their environmental teams or green champions have not had the desired impact on their company.  It is important to set benchmarks and measure and evaluate targets on a regular basis. A system of rewards and incentives for teams and individuals to achieve environmental targets and will also continue to keep employees involved in the programme.

To maximise their impact, the champion will also need the support and commitment of senior management and the wider team that will deliver the improvements. Green Champions are most efficient if they are familiar with most of the staff and internal processes. Business managers and directors should take a supportive role with Green Champions activities and not be too prescriptive.

Green Champions can give you extra green credentials, fulfil some steps to achieving internationally recognised environmental accreditations like ISO 14001. Together you can help inspire environmental change in the workplace and take real steps to saving costs through resource efficiency and helping the planet.


If you missed the first part of our Green Champions series, go back and read The Importance of Green Champions in the Workplace.

Follow us on Twitter - we are green champions. If you want to find out more about how we can help you develop your Environmental Team, or how we can engage employee environmental awareness, call us now on 0845 2799 837.

In the first part of PeopleProfitPlanet's Green Champions series, we will discuss the importance of Green Champions in the workplace. Each business may have a nominated person or team of  Champions, sometimes called Energy Champions, Environment Champions, Environment Team, Green Team etc. What you call your Green Champions is not as important as how your organisation benefits from their enthusiasm and role in the workplace that will help you increase staff morale, reduce your business carbon footprint and importantly, save costs.

There are now lots of organisations focussing on developing “Green Champions” in the workplace. Just what are Green Champions and how are they important in engaging your staff? We know that they can help your organisation through motivating your staff to take environmentally friendly action but they can also help you boost your bottom line and go greener.

What makes a green champion?
A good Green Champion is enthusiastic, have great communication skills, the ability to motivate, and the organisation skills to coordinate activities and be credible at all levels of the organisation. For example, your green champions could implement energy saving activities, from educating and encouraging staff to turn off monitors and photocopiers to evaluating energy usage in the office and identifying opportunities to reduce it.

Staff are more likely to listen to their peers so your green campaign will be more effective through organisation by your Green Champion team. Having a Green Champion who is in close contact with staff in your organisation will also mean that the bottom up push will meet with a top down approach from supervisors and managers.

It's also a good idea to let your green champions generate ideas relevant to their departments and teams. Don’t box in their creativity – give  them the freedom to fly. In some cases, this means that your green champions may need allocated times to fulfil their role. However, keep in mind that they will also be developing and improving skills that will be beneficial for the organisation and to the individual.

Remember, it is not just directors and managers that affect your organisation's Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability policy, it's everyone! Make sure you have engaged all your employees for a successful Green Policy.

Don't forget our second part in our Green Champions series out on Monday on How to maximise the effect of your Green Champions in the workplace.

Follow us on Twitter- we are green champions. If you want to find out more about how to engage your staff to environmental behaviour change or have successful Green Champions in the workplace, call us now on 0845 2799 837.

 

    

On the first day of the Copenhagen Climate Change talks, Adam Woodhall, MD of PeopleProfitPlanet, will join three other experts on climate change and corporate social responsibility to talk about the government's carbon reduction commitment.

Hosted by First Direct, this live webinar will inform on what the CRC means to businesses in the future and how to start preparing now. Join us at 12.30pm at cutcarbon.biz Follow the action via Twitter (First Direct or PeopleProfitPlanet) and check back for an updated post on the event later.

08/12/09 Update:  Video of the CRC talks now available online! Download an mp3 of the talks or watch clips at cutcarbon.biz

Recently, PeopleProfitPlanet ran a workshop for Call Credit Group in Leeds, helping staff to become more environmentally aware and starting them on a Green Journey.

Here are some comments from Call Credit employees. Two staff identified that in order to start on your Green Journey, you have to take "small steps" in order to make a change. This will not only be beneficial for your company in helping you save costs but also for caring for the planet. 

"..we all need to make some changes for our future and even small steps help"
Vicky Hester, Human Resources

 "Thought provoking session"
Helen Hartley, Commercial Services

"A good way of encouraging people to think about the small steps they can take"
Claire Geeson, Client Projects

"Enlightening + Food for thought"
Kate Saville, Human Resources

PeopleProfitPlanet can help your company save costs through empowering your staff to environmental behaviour change and training green champions. We can run one-on-one or group training courses to help YOU start on your Green Journey. We would love to talk to you about how our Environmental Business Solutions can help your organisation, please give us a call on 0845 2799 837. We also recently updated our website so please take a look for more information

PeopleProfitPlanet just completed a workshop for Southeastern Railway in their London office based around "Why Southeastern is going green and our next enviro-steps." Teams within Southeastern also drew up action plans with clear instructions on how they will take action in the next few days to implement their green ideas. There were many positive comments from the attendees - here are some of them:

“A good way to start green actions in your work place”
Graham Davis, Retail

“Worthwhile, factually enlightening”
Michael Young, Commercial

“It's a simple message, delivered well”
David Waldron, Service Delivery (Performance)

We really enjoyed delivering to Southeastern and found lots of great energy from their employees taking environmental behaviour change to green their offices and workstations. Your company can boost your bottom line and gain from more motivated employees by going green. Having worked with a range of industries, we are confident that there can be many benefits from going green. Call 0845 2799 837 to talk to one of our team members and find out about opportunities in your sector today.

PeopleProfitPlanet was launched three years ago on the 31st October 2006 at Club LS1 at a Redmayne Bentley Stockbrokers breakfast seminar titled “Three Degrees from Disaster”.

Adam Woodhall, founder of PeopleProfitPlanet, spoke about what simple measures your firm could take to help stop global warming. Crucially, adopting these measures will all save your company money and help the planet.

We were helped in our launch by no less than Lord Nicholas Stern as he chose to launch his seminal “Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change” on the 30th October.  The issue of the impeding climate disaster and the economic benefits of going green were put in the forefront of everyone's minds as the front page headline of many of the mornings papers on the 31st October was about Lord Stern's Report.

Earlier this year, Adam was also lucky enough to meet Lord Stern at a lecture he gave for the launch of Leeds University’s “Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy”.  As you can see from the picture, Adam was also able to personally thank Lord Stern for his help in ‘launching’ PeopleProfitPlanet. Thank you Lord Stern, and here’s to many more years of PeopleProfitPlanet! 

   

PeopleProfitPlanet just finished a “railshow” for Allianz sites around the UK, delivering up to 11 key workshops to empower employees to environmental awareness. Here are some comments from delegates who attended the workshop:

“An excellent way to open your eyes to taking positive steps to change (i.e. being more green)”
Tyrone Long, CRO-Risk Management (AGCS), London City, 5.10.09

“Good for making people more aware of the commitment they need to make”
Trudy Guy, Bristol Commercial, Bristol, 18.0.09

“Inspiring, important, vital for our future, let alone the future of the planet.”
Laura Ransome, Business Support (Field Sales), Brentford, 6.10.09

We will be putting up a more detailed case study of our work with Allianz, so subscribe to PeopleProfitPlanet's blog to find out more. We can help your company discover the benefits of going green, help you increase profits and care for our planet. Call us on 0845 2799 837 to speak to one of our Green Leaders.

PeopleProfitPlanet welcomes Monica to the PPP team this month.

Monica joins the team to develop the website and online marketing of PPP. With a a background in languages, Monica hopes to spread the message that green is good!

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