Mike pickering - The Midcounties Co-operative
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Defending the Environment
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Agenda
• Our approach to defending the environment
• Working together to defend the environment
• Challenges and opportunities of working together
• Our environment campaigning plan
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Energy and Environment Steering Group
• Reduce business carbon footprint
• Reduce business waste going to landfill • Encourage employees to reduce their
impact on the environment
• Work with our members and customers to take action on climate change
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Campaigning to defend the environment
• Low Carbon Community groups • Carrier bag free communities • Transition Towns • The Wave and ACT – Co-operatives
Europe• Earth Hour – WWF • Greener Together – Co-operatives UK • Gloucester Friends of the Earth
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Challenges
• How to manage and coordinate all of these campaigns and groups?
• Is there a consistent strategy in place?
• How do we ensure that these campaigns are making a difference?
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Opportunities • Set concise overall campaigning themes • Set targets of achievement for each
campaigning theme
• Monitor the success of each campaigning theme
• Work together to achieve the above
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Midcounties environment campaign plan
• Lobby government and UN to reduce global emissions - Compulsory greenhouse gas reporting - Set fair and ambitious reduction targets
• Support local transition- Encourage the creation and development of transition groups - Encourage involvement in local transition
• Beyond the Brink – what are your doing to defend the environment? - Watch the Beyond the Brink documentary - Celebrate actions taken to defend the environment