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The Blue Patch Sustainability Awards 2022 Shortlist
Published 27 January 2023CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! We would like to thank everyone who entered the 2022 awards. Entries closed on December 12th 2022 and every submission showed an exciting range of achievements, making shortlisting difficult. Judges will have the challenge of selecting the category winners over the next six weeks. The 2023 Awards open this September. If you […]
Green Peer Natalie Bennett will Change Everything!
Published 16 January 2023We were really excited that Natalie Bennett, Green Peer and former Leader of The Green Party, agreed to talk to us about her book ‘Change Everything’ and to discuss all things to do with small businesses and the green economy. Small businesses and the high street To explore the everyday ups and downs of running […]
Meet the Judges for the 2022 Awards
Published 14 November 2022Meet the judges for the 2022 Blue Patch Sustainability Awards. Our panelists have experience across many sectors; business, sustainability, event management, non-profit, retail and renewables! Let’s introduce you… Zoisa North-Bond Epitomising the agile leadership that is synonymous with disruptive businesses, Zoisa North-Bond is CEO of both the generation and the business retail arms of Octopus […]
The Power Of Positive Collaboration
Published 21 October 2022Blue Patch members have collaborated to exhibit at two London events; Decorex, the interiors trade fair at Olympia and the new Sustainability Show, a consumer fair at the Business Design Centre in Islington. I project managed and by October we were all in high vis and boots, paint brushes in hand. The energy of a […]
Can the UK meet its net zero targets?
Published 11 July 2022Can the UK meet its net zero targets? The UK pledged to reach net zero by 2050. It is a legally binding target and it was reached with advice from the Climate Change Committee, the UK’s own independent climate advisory body (HM Government – PDF). They have acknowledged that net zero does not equal absolute […]
Sustainable wood furniture
Published 10 June 2022UK consumers spent 24,489 million pounds on home furnishings last year (Statista). That includes sofas, beds, tables & chairs, cabinets and other items of furniture that have wood materials in them. The wood comes from forests around the world, from the United States to Finland. Almost half of the softwoods imported into the UK come […]
Aiming for net zero
Published 30 May 2022Net zero is not just a buzzword. It is a serious attempt to reduce carbon emissions and reverse climate changes. As businesses we can calculate our carbon emissions and reduce them so that we are doing what we can. What is net zero? According to the Oxford Dictionary definition it is “A target of completely […]
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