CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSwith GROUNDWORK

IntroducingGROUNDWORK

Groundwork is one of the UK’s leading environmental and social charities that is changing places and changing lives in your local community, one green step at a time.

Groundwork Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford (MSSTT) works locally to provide training and create jobs, reduce energy and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods. Step by step we’ll go on changing places and changing lives until everywhere is vibrant and green, every community is strong enough to shape its own destiny and everyone can reach their potential.

In order to reach our goals, we understand the need to engage with local businesses who share our ambitious aim of changing places, changing lives. Whether you are a large or small company, we can help you to deliver and reach your social and environmental goals. Our bespoke service can support businesses to engage in practical employee engagement activities, achieve CO2 emission targets or sponsor a local community project.

OUR GOALS BY 2015

WHO WE ARE

“Groundwork has always proved a willing and able partner

and delivers excellent results. They have communities

and young people at the heart of their

programmes and deliver projects in a way

which retains our ethos.”

Mark Lloyd,

Sustainability Manager, Crown Paints

OurIMPACT

IN JUST 1 YEAR

WE’VE DELIVERED...

1,600TRAINING

WEEKS OF

EQUIVALENT TO

PEOPLE

MONTH OF TRAINING EACH RECEIVING A WHOLE

370THAT’S

YOUNG 11,885

PEOPLE IN PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY& ADULTS

YOUNG PEOPLEAND HELPED...

345GAIN FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS

& ADULTS

GROUNDWORK MSSTTDELIVERED... INVOLVED...

OurIMPACT

13 077TONNES

OF WASTE

DIVERTED FROM

LANDFILL

GENERATED BY

PEOPLE IN

1YEAR

,

AND 39,409TONNES

EMISSIONS

59441WASTE

OF CARBON

EQUIVALENT TO THE

IMPROVED OR MAINTAINED...

AVOIDED OR SAVED...

“I’d recommend other businesses to speak to

Groundwork and have a closer look at their energy

consumption and see how much they can save”.

2,815,015

FOOTBALL

PITCHES

THAT’S

m2

OF LAND

8582 EQUIVALENT TO

Manchester Rusk, David Wheeler

OurPARTNERSHIPS

A partnership with Groundwork MSSTT can help you reach your environmental, economic and social objectives within your CSR policy.

Environmental:Enhance sustainability credentials. Our team of environmental consultants will work with you to support your business in reaching its environmental objectives. With over 30 years experience working in the environmental sector, Groundwork consultants can advise on recycling, legislation, identify emission savings and help you cut costs. We can engage with staff and provide advice and training in accredited environmental, health and safety subjects.

Social: Build relationships with your local community, recruit and retain staff, build morale, strengthen teams and enhance productivity. Give back to your local community by volunteering or fundraising for a particular community project, where your team will work together to improve or support the local area.

BENEFITS TO YOU:

Brand Reputation:Build your brand reputation and brand awareness. By partnering with Groundwork MSSTT, you will be publicly linked with an established environmental community charity, enriching your environmental ethos and helping you make links with local communities. As part of the Green Business Membership you will feature on our website and have exclusive access to input features into our GBM newsletter. As a Green Business Member, you will be invited to attend exclusive networking events and be provided with an online profile on our website.

Economic: Meet your statutory requirements and help your business to operate more efficiently. To date our environmental business consultants have identified over £37 million cost savings and over the last 10 years we have helped over 1000 companies save an average of £12,000 per annum.

OUR PARTNERS

“Trafford businesses already show a lot of support for their

local communities, and I hope that the achievements

we see coming from the Mace project will inspire even

more companies to get involved in volunteering.”

Trafford Council Leader, Cllr Matt Colledge

commenting on his visit to the Mace volunteering day at

Trafford Ecology Park

Groundwork Green Business Award Scheme

As a Groundwork Corporate Partner you will be automatically registered onto our Green Business Award Scheme.

The Green Business Award Scheme incorporates a bronze, silver and gold award, each includes specific criteria and requirements that will improve your businesses environmental performance, compliance and reporting, whilst achieving cost and carbon savings and enhancing your recognition and status.

Features of the Award Scheme include:

> Provision of information packs including

criteria and delivery plan

> Support visits to guide and advise your

organisation through the award scheme

> Provision of Audits to assess

compliance with the award criteria

> Use of bronze, silver and gold logos and

certificates after progressing through

each stage.

> Additional option to apply this standard

to supply chain, improving management,

compliance and reducing supply chain

risk

> Free attendance at award events

Your Green Business Membership

As a Groundwork Partner, you will automatically become a member of the Green Business Membership.

The Green Business Membership is an established membership scheme in Greater Manchester, designed and delivered by Groundwork Environmental Business Services Team. The Green Business Membership will enhance sustainable practice within your business, showcase your green credential commitments, whilst providing you with a number of fantastic offers on training and business consultancy services.

Features include:

> 20% discount on in-house training

> Monthly newsletters

> EHS Legislation Updates

> Networking events

> Online profile page

> Yearly update of certificate

> Telephone support and advice

> Use of GBM logo

The Groundwork Partnership package costs £1,000 and incorporates the following services:

Employee Engagement Activities

Through your partnership, you will be entitled to 1 full day of volunteering for up to 20 employees. Get hands on in a practical team building day out in the local community.

Make a real difference in your local area or direct to a young persons life by taking part in a Groundwork employee challenge day, please request to see our social responsibility brochure for more details.

YourPARTNERSHIP

As part of your Corporate Partnership, you will be entitled to receive a 10% discount on the following Groundwork Business Services:

> Groundwork Carbon Footprinting tool and logo

> Resource Efficiency support and advice

> Management systems

> Health and safety support

> Additional employee engagement

activities

"We decided that where we wanted to put our money was in improving the spaces in which our customers and employees lived and moved on a communal basis – what were the shared spaces where they had common experiences?”

Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business,

M & S

OPTIONAL BOLT-ONs

If you would like more information on the above services, please visit our website: www.groundwork.org.uk/msstt

OurGreen Business Members

Your Groundwork Corporate Partnership will include subscription to our Green Business Membership

where you will join over 35 members in the North West, including:

CASE STUDYGreen Business Members, Southway Housing Trust have benefited from achieving their Gold Award of the Green Business Awards; demonstrating their commitment to the environment and to their local community.

Southway Housing are working with Groundwork on a number of projects, including; working with our business team to deliver the award winning Energy Doctor service, and with our landscape team on the development and transformation of external spaces around residential areas.

“Working in partnership with Groundwork has enabled us to support a

significant number of tenants in fuel poverty, offering them a very high

quality and personalised advice service.” Joy, Woods,

Southway Housing Trust

GetIN TOUCH

Reach your environmental, economic and social objectives within your CSR policy, whilst helping us to improve the

quality of life for people in neighbourhoods most in need.

T: 0161 220 1000

E: msstt@groundwork.org.uk

www.groundwork.org.uk/msstt

@GW_MSSTT

/groundwork.msstt

Groundwork Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and TraffordTimber Wharf, 42-50 Worsley Street, Castlefield, Manchester, M15 4LD

Charity registration No. 1124508

Certificate Number 11084ISO 9001

Certified to ISO14001:2004