The agenda’s for the Green Business Seminars have been announced. Come and network with other businesses interested in becoming more resource efficient this May in Shannon/ Limerick, Dublin, Wexford and Tipperary.

Some of the topics which will be covered at the Green Business Seminars are;
SUSTAINABLE PROCESSING • RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AWARENESS • UTILITY MANAGEMENTWASTE PREVENTION • COST MANAGEMENT • ENERGY EFFICIENCY • RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING AND FINANCE FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENCY

9.30 – Welcome & Green Business Update 
James Hogan, Green Business Programme Manager

9.45 – Resource Efficiency & The Circular Economy
Margaret Murphy,  Resource Efficiency Officer, SRWMO

9.55 – Sustainable Energy Opportunities following COP21
Raoul Empey, SEAI

10.15  â€“ The Mechanics of Sustainability: Why sustainability is important in business and how it reduces costs, increases revenues and creates jobs
Jonathan T. Scott, The Centre for Industrial Productivity & Sustainability (CIPS)

11.00 – Coffee

11.20 – Reducing the Carbon Footprint of your Business
Calor Gas

11.35 – Case Study
Neil Enright, Site Deployment Lead for Lean/Six Sigma, Molex

11.55 – Smarter Living for Business
David Willis, Electric Ireland

12.10 – Resource Efficiency in the Food Sector
Geraldine Gregan,  Technical Manager,  O’Connor’s Bakery

12.30 – Energy Turnkey Solutions for the Retail Sector
Alan Dodd, GET Solutions,UK

12.45 – Q&A

DUBLIN SEMINAR AGENDA

9.30 – Welcome & Green Business Update   
James Hogan, Green Business Programme Manager

9.50 – Sustainable Energy Opportunities following COP21
Raoul Empey, SEAI

10.10 – The Mechanics of Sustainability: Why sustainability is important in business and how it reduces costs, increases revenues and creates jobs
Jonathan T. Scott, The Centre for Industrial Productivity & Sustainability (CIPS)

11.00 â€“ Coffee

11.20 – Reducing the Carbon Footprint of your Business
Calor Gas

11.35 – Energy Efficiency – Sustaining the Improvements
Eamonn Diver, Engineering Manager, Bewleys Manufacturing

11.55 – Smarter Living for Business
David Willis, Electric Ireland

12.10 – Rottapharm Green Shoots Initiative
Richard Hayes, Continuous Improvement Manager, Rottapharm

12.30 – Energy Turnkey Solutions for the Retail Sector
Alan Dodd, GET Solutions, UK

12.45 Q&A

WEXFORD SEMINAR AGENDA

9.30 – Welcome & Green Business Update
James Hogan, Green Business Programme Manager

9.50 – Sustainable Energy Opportunities following COP21
Raoul Empey – SEAI

10.10 – Case Study 1 (Dawn Meats)
David O’Flynn

10.30 – Resource Efficiency through Awareness
Ronan McGlade, Environment & Energy Management

10.50 – Q&A

11.00 – Coffee

11.20 – Calor on reducing carbon footprint of your business
Speaker to be announced

11.35 – Title to be announced
Phil Walker, Econcertive

11.50 – Smarter Living for Business
Fergus Sharkey, Kingspan ESB

12.05 – Barriers & Solutions to Resource Efficiency
Simon O’ Rafferty

12.25 â€“ Energy Turnkey solutions for the Retail Sector
Charlie Grendon, Managing Director, GET Solutions Ireland

12.40 Q&A

TIPPERARY SEMINAR AGENDA

9.30 – Welcome   
Sean O’ Farrell, Chairperson, Tipperary Green Business Network

9.40 – Green Business Update  
James Hogan, Green Business Programme Manager

10.00 – Promoting Resource Efficiency & The Circular Economy 
Margaret Murphy,  Resource Efficiency Officer, SRWMO

10.10 – ISO 14001 – EMS – What is it and how and can it benefit my business?
Shane Curran, Sure Leaf

10.30 – Energy Efficient technologies for SMEs
Paul Kenny, Tipperary Energy Agency

10.50 – Q & A

11.00 – Coffee

11.20 – Reducing the Carbon Footprint of your Business
Calor Gas

11.35 – Smile Resource Exchange Update
Katherine Corkery, SMILE Resource Exchange

11.55 – Smarter Living for Business
Paul Courtney, Kingspan ESB

12.10 – Overcoming challenges & creating benefits for your business
Mark McConnell, ECOS, Environmental Consultants

12.30 – Compostables
John Lynch, Recycling Consultant, Down to Earth Materials

12.50 – Q & A