GreenThinks! ©

 

SUSCIN will help build the skills capacity of SMEs, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic companies (BAMEs) and social enterprises in the South-East to develop innovative sustainable products and services.

 

30 organisations will benefit from the GreenThink! © programme, a free personalised innovation and advice service provided by experienced consultants at The Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD). This includes a workshop process using a range of unique creativity techniques to maximise high quality idea generation. CfSD will produce a report highlighting recommendations from the workshop and then provide follow-up research and advice related to sustainable product design and development, innovation, funding, marketing and commercialisation.

 

Support can help with:

  • greening of existing products or services
  • development of new greener products or services

 

This might include:

  • identifying opportunities to reduce costs through environmental improvements
  • identifying new market opportunities
  • developing new product and service concepts
  • identifying the implications of product-related environmental legislation
  • exploring opportunities related to low carbon product or services

 

John Turner, Managing Director of Thirty Ltd in Brighton, a firm that has already been through the GreenThink! © process, said:

 

"It is great to be able to have the ability to free your mind and share your thoughts on a project you thought you knew so well."

"As a frustrated product designer spending a day with a group of likeminded people who are prepared to radically rethink your ‘baby’ is mighty refreshing."

 

For more information about GreenThinks! © please contact Martin Charter on mcharter@ucreative.ac.uk

 

Other SUSCIN contacts:

Kavita Shial

Action Sustainability

Tel: 0207 700 0008

Email: kavita@actionsustainability.com

 

Please contact Kavita for more information about Forward Commitment Procurement, Sustainable Supply Chain brokerage events, online tools and the content of the sustainable procurement training courses.

 

Davide Trice

Remade South East

Tel: 01732 876614

Email: d.trice@remade-southeast.co.uk


Please contact David for more to book on to a sustainable procurement training course or for more information on the newsletters.

 

SUSCIN has been funded by South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007–2013.