| BERR |  Responsible for sponsorship of the construction industry. BERR leads for government on construction issues, with colleagues in other government departments, to make a stronger case for construction in the UK government, in Europe and elsewhere. The Unit's work covers materials and products; suppliers and producers; building services manufacturers, providers and installers; contractors, sub-contractors, professionals, advisors and construction clients | |
| BRE (Building Research Establishment) | The UK's leading centre for construction expertise, providing consultancy, testing and information services. It also operates recognised accreditation schemes. Offers a
number of initiatives on sustainable design and construction | |
| BREMAP | BRE's Waste & Environmental Body facilitates ongoing environmental improvement in the waste and construction industries by the use of landfill tax sponsorship in high-profile demonstration and research projects | |
| Buckinghamshire County Council | No significant activity, with dedicated sustainability officer. Sustainable Development strategy is led through Planning Policy; recycling officer also suggested as a relevant contact | |
| Business Link | Business Link is the United Kingdom Government’s multi-channel support service for business of all sizes, for all phases of growth, from start-up to succession. As a non-political organisation it is dedicated to helping new and existing businesses innovate, improve, grow and become more competitive. Our unique tools give you an all-round view of what you need to do and where you'll find help. | |
| Chartered Institution of Waste Management | The professional body for indivdual waste & resource management professionals. | |
| Construction Industry Environmental Forum | The Construction Industry Environmental Forum's (CIEF) aims to improve the sustainability and environmental performance of construction, by providing a cross-sector and independent forum for the exchange of new ideas and demonstration of best practice. Information and research on the issues, research and innovation opportunities. Via website, Publications and events. Guidance on future issues likely to affect construction companies, to promote environment-related research and to identify opportunities for innovation.
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| Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) | A leading UK based research and information association concerned with improving the performance in construction and the built environment. Hosts the Construction Industry Environmental Forum | |
| Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) ConstructionSkills | Sector Skills Council for the Construction Industry and Built Environment is to lead industry on sustainability | |
| DEFRA - Recycling & Waste | The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, recycling & waste website provides information about UK regulations with regards to waste, including the UK Waste Implementation Programme, and waste statistics | |
| East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council | Local authority website; includes information on waste disposal and links to legislative information for the East Sussex and Brighton and Hove area's. Also contains key contacts for local area | |
| Ecosys | Independent Environmental Education organisation working with Government, business, home and School:
Environmental Auditing
Energy, water and waste management
Legal Compliance & Environmental Management Systems
Co-ordinate West Sussex Waste Reduction Programme and East Sussex Sustainable Eco-Enterprise (SEE) project. A two year project (until April 2006) promoting sustainable construction in East Sussex | |
| Envirobusiness | EnviroBusiness is a membership organisation set up in 2005 to support the growth of environmental technologies and services companies. It does this by networking with businesses, researchers, buyers and investors to identify and develop opportunities for our members in:
Business Development
Knowledge Sharing and Partnering
Research and Development
Supply and Procurement
Training and Expertise | |
| Environment Agency | Envirowise offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact. Regional managers work to develop joint working programmes with local Business Support Organisations. Agents work on raising awareness of Envirowise services in the region | |
| Environmental Services Association | ESA represents the UK's waste management and secondary resources industry.
Its Members provide essential waste and secondary resources management services to the public and private sectors.
It works with governments, Parliaments and regulators to bring about a sustainable system of waste management for the UK.
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| Envirowise | Envirowise offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact. Regional managers work to develop joint working programmes with local Business Support Organisations. Agents work on raising awareness of Envirowise services in the region | |
| GOSE - Government Office of the South East | South East Waste Advisory Group
The Government Office for the South East chairs the South East Waste Advisory Group (SEWAG), which was set up in 2004 as a sub-group of the South East Region Technical Advisory Body (SERTAB).
SEWAG provides a collective arena in which South East regional bodies with a specific interest in waste management (and in particular local authorities’ recycling and recovery performance) can come together with DEFRA's Waste Implementation Programme's Local Authority Support Unit (DEFRA WIP LASU) to: inform, engage, propose and co-ordinate the working of regional networks, develop new support programmes for local authorities and their partners support and co-ordinate new programmes and initiatives on waste | |
| Hampshire County Council | Led by Bob Lisney (Asst Director) supported by the establishment of the Hampshire Natural Resources Initiative (HNRI).Looking at life cycle of aggregates through to waste from building stock. Some funding sources for initiatives are not directly available to HCC, therefore the Hampshire Natural Resources Trust has been established to maximize funding and partnership opportunities developed with industry, other public bodies (e.g. the health sector) and the community sector to maximise opportunities. An initial assessment indicates that an initial investment of £40,000 could unlock £3 million external funding.
Project Integra has a target of a 50% recycling rate for Hampshire by the year 2010. - Current recycling rate: 29%. | |
| HazRed | The HAZRED project will be working to develop a hazardous waste reduction plan for the Construction sector, including reduction targets. HAZRED is looking to work with 20 small businesses in the Construction sector who would like to save money by reducing the amount of hazardous waste they produce. Businesses will need to demonstrate a commitment to reducing their hazardous wastes and to monitoring their waste output. The project is adminstered by the Environment Agency in England. | |
| Kent County Council | Promoted through Interreg eco-enterprise programme and Kent Sustainable Business Partnership, North Kent sustainable construction network, Foresight projects (iconic sustainable construction projects, including proposals for a North Kent sustainable construction training, research and visitor centre), Remade Kent and Medway initiatives, with a strong focus on training and skills for sustainable construction, including waste minimisation and eco-enterprise | |
| Kent Sustainable Business Partnership (KSBP) | A strategic partnership programme, co-ordinated by Kent County Council set up to help businesses to improve their environmental performance and save money as well as helping them to make the most of opportunities arising from the environmental enterprise market. | |
| Mid Sussex Wood Recycling | Wood Recycling project that covers the Mid Sussex area and can collect and recycle both clean and contaminated timbers. We currently work with the construction and manufacturing industries.
Brooklands Barn, Rocky Lane, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 4RR
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| National Federation of Demolition Contractors | The National Federation of Demolition Contractors is the official voice of the expanding and increasingly technically developing demolition industry. Amongst its most important tasks is the dissemination of news and important information both within the industry, throughout the UK and world wide, to the industry’s suppliers and clients | |
| National Green Specification (NGS) | An independent internet based resource seeking to promote green specification of construction products and materials, including with recycled content. | |
| National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) | Established resource efficiency and waste minimisation programme with more than 500 industry members nationally. NISP is the world's first national industrial symbiosis network. Membership and access to the database is free and opportunities for involvement are wide-ranging. Industrial Symbiosis brings together companies from all business sectors with the aim of improving cross industry resource efficiency by exchanging materials, energy and water and sharing assets, logistics and expertise.
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| NetRegs | NetRegs provides free environmental guidance for small businesses in the UK | |
| Oxfordshire County Council | Waste reduction advice for Oxfordshire businesses - helping them improve their environment and become more profitable. | |
| Oxfordshire Sustainable Business Partnership (OSBP) | Has been created to help businesses who want to cut costs and at the same time reduce their impact on the environment | |
| Recycled Building Products Network | Set up by BRE to encourage greater use of recycled materials in construction product manufacture and stimulate demand for recycled building products, to work in partnership with the NGS (National Green Specification) - current level of RBPN activity is unclear | |
| ReMaDe Kent & Medway | The organisation has been established to create new markets and secondary uses for recycled materials in Kent and Medway. It aims to encourage new and existing businesses and Local Authorities to use recycled materials as cost effective alternatives to virgin materials. | |
| SEEDA | Regional Development Agency for the SE region, charged with progressing economic development and sustainable development across the region. Keen to encourage key construction industry-wide players to embrace the 'Sustainability Checklists for Developments' initiative, launched by SEEDA with BRE. No other sustainable construction activity is evident via the SEEDA website, although various officers are tasked to tackle various SC issues in their work programmes, particularly their Sustainable Development Manager | |
| South East Centre for the Built Environment (SECBE) | The South East Centre of the Built Environment is a key strategic consortium that exists to inform policy and drive business-to-business learning and networking.
Whatever the size of your company and no matter where you are in the supply chain, we have a lot to offer your business. Member owned and member driven, SECBE offers a unique opportunity for all businesses working in the built environment sector to work together to drive business performance improvement across the South East | |
| South East Sustainable Business Partnership (SESBP) | Established as a means of co-ordinating activity promoting sustainable development to businesses in the South East of England. Chaired by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) the SESBP consists of the following organisations:
SEEDA
Envirowise
Federation of Small Businesses
Government Office of the South East
East Sussex Sustainable Business Partnership
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Business Environment Forum
Kent Sustainable Business Partnership
Surrey Sustainable Business Partnership
Thames Valley Business Environment Forum
West Sussex Sustainable Business Partnership
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| Surrey County Council | Planning led approach: Developed very tight site development brief in partnership with BRE for SCC owned land, with standards higher than EcoHomes 'excellent' rating; also encouraging all Surrey local authorities to adopt this as a standard, as well as offering it out as a general standard for any developments in Surrey. Waste minimisation a strong element, via an integrated approach | |
| Waste Aware Construction | Waste Aware Construction website and Poster Creator.
On this website you will find information about the National Colour Coding scheme for the source segregation of recyclates on C&D sites, links to other sources of information and ways C&D companies are able to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle their waste. | |
| Wastechange | Wastechange operates free online regional and national waste exchanges trading all grades of recyclable materials and secondary commodities. Wastechange provides market data on all grades of commercial waste and recyclate | |
| West Sussex County Council | Commitment to Construction Excellence for own developments. Sustainability driven through Property Services. | |
| Wood Recycling Association | The WRA has 46 member companies and represents the interests of the wood recycling sector to governments and to the environment agencies and other regulatory authorities in the UK. Meetings of the Association are usually held quarterly and are open to all members. Subjects range from trade and potential markets, discussions with the Government's Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), packaging waste and PRNs, through to regulational, environmental and publicity issues.
The WRA is now finalizing a wood packaging protocol to more accurately calculate the amount of packaging being processed. It is also developing a Wood Recyclers' Code of Practice, designed to raise business operational standards in the sector.
The WRA is a member of the Recycling Industries Alliance, an influential group of 8 recycling trade associations set up in 1998 to lobby Government and the Environment Agencies on a variety of major issues on behalf of member companies.
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| WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) | The Government's primary waste market development programme, with much relevant to waste minimisation and recycling in construction. WRAP's mission is to accelerate resource efficiency by creating efficient markets for recycled materials and products, while removing barriers to waste minimisation, re-use and recycling. WRAP promotes sustainable waste management by creating stable and efficient markets for recycled materials and products. Produced the Quality Protocol to identify/check the suitability of waste aggregate for reuse to ensure legal compliance | |