Toby RobinsSustainable Development Director

Embedding Sustainability in SMEs

34% by 2020

80% by 2050

Big companies starting to do their bit...

• S&P 500 68% (2010: 48%)• FTSE 100 – 97%

and SMEs ?...

Big companies

Small companies

Embedding sustainable practices

SMEs account for 45% of the British economy (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, 2008).

Adaptable, responsive, entrepreneurial

2 + 2 = 5

What is the missing ingredient?

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Knowledge

• Relatively expensive for government to educate

• Discouraged from taking the time due to media-presented uncertainty

Clearly there is an opportunity…• Consider The Sunday Times 9 out of 10 of the greenest employers were SMEs.

1 Wiles Greenworld2 UKOS3 Fourfront Group4 Commercial5 Warren Evans6 Nikwax7 Morgan Lovell8 Purcell Milller Tritton9 Marriot Hotels International10 Octink

The greenest employees

• In an SME the boss is sitting right beside you

• Privately-owned so financial investment not constrained by ROI, IRR, shareholders

How can we help?

• Big Company supply chain management

• Government focus

• Industry influencing the media

• SMEs – Realising the opportunity

Thank You

Toby.robins@wilesgreenworld.co.uk020 8758 7700