Transformation Talks by Veolia UK: Recent Episodes
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The effects of the climate crisis are becoming starker every day. Tune in as we discuss the ecological transformation solutions that will help to turn the tide. We are joined by a range of experts - from both Veolia UK and other organisations - to discuss topics such as plastics recycling, food waste, sustainable procurement and much more. Find out more about the solutions of tomorrow, and how you can play your part in ecological transformation.
Phase 4 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) funding is due to be released soon, supporting public sector organisations to hit their decarbonisation targets đź’ˇ
To secure PSDS funding - which can help to drive significant carbon and cost savings - you need to begin preparing your application at the earliest opportunity.
Hear from Andrew Whitworth, Head of Development, and Lucy Stephenson, Business Development Lead, who discussed PSDS Phase 4, the eligibility criteria and how to apply in our recent LinkedIn Live session.
Are you a public sector organisation looking for support with decarbonisation funding?
Tune in to this podcast episode to hear from two of our decarbonisation experts about how your organisation can benefit from the Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF).
SmartParc is a global initiative that brings together manufacturers to build a sustainable and resilient food industry and at Veolia, we’ve helped deliver SmartParc’s ambitious district heating and cooling network that supplies the 155-acre site with low-carbon energy.
Tune in to listen to Veolia’s Business Development Lead for Local Loops of Energy, Mark Dainty, catching up with SmartParc’s Chief Operating Officer, Phil Lovell, about all the work that went into this project and what the future holds for the food industry.
What comes to mind when someone mentions Christmas?
Presents? Decorating the tree? Or is it a dinner with all the trimmings, along with a few mince pies? 🍗 🥧
During the festive season, the UK wastes approximately 270,000 tonnes of food waste and that is just one month of the year! Tackling food waste not only matters at Christmas, it matters all year round.
Join us for our last Ask the Expert session of 2023, where Martyn Fuller will be joined by Jamie Welsh, Emilie Escudero and Luke Ford to hear about the impact of food waste for both businesses and residents, helpful tips, initiatives we have in place and projects that support food donations.
Improving and protecting biodiversity is vital - but why? And how does biodiversity link to other important concepts like Net Zero and social value?
To find out the answers to these questions and further your understanding of biodiversity (at a time when Biodiversity Net Gain is making headlines), tune into our next episode of 'Ask the Expert' on Tuesday 5th December at 11am, when Martyn Fuller will be joined by Tabitha Serle, Veolia UK's Corporate Social Responsibility Manager.
Are you aware of the new waste legislation coming into effect in Wales?
Do you know what it means for your business?
Join us tomorrow at 11a.m. live on LinkedIn, where we will delve into the upcoming Wales Workplace Recycling & Single Streaming legislation due to come into effect in April 2024.
The perceived cost of low-carbon technologies can be a barrier for manufacturing businesses looking to decarbonise. However, the IETF can support organisations to invest in solutions to help them to both cut their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint.
With phase three of the IETF due to be released in Spring 2024, make sure you're prepared to make the most of this funding opportunity.
In partnership with convenience retailer One Stop, we are aiming to recycle over 380,000 milk bottles per year, closing the loop on plastics and helping to deliver ecological transformation.
Beyond this project, we are working with One Stop to support their decarbonisation and sustainability journey.
Tune in to hear Jenna Chambers, Customer & Sustainability Manager at One Stop, in conversation with Sophie Edwards, National Account Manager at Veolia.
Costa Coffee is known as the Nation's favourite coffee shop but it also has some great sustainability initiatives.
Join Simon Futcher, Commercial Business Development Director at Veolia UK and Darren Hughes, Waste and Recycling Specialist at Costa Coffee as they find out more about the partnership between Costa and Veolia, and how we are working together to optimise resources in the coffee shop sector.
In this new episode of our Ask the Expert series, we discuss the sustainable products we offer for the agriculture sector and how they are compliant.Some of the UK's leading poultry suppliers use our livestock bedding products, which are made from the paper crumb generated by British paper mills - making them a more sustainable alternative to traditional bedding. In addition, the absorbency and high quality of the products are in line with stringent welfare regulations.
Tune in to this episode of 'Ask the Expert' where Martyn Fuller will be joined by Stephanie Kerr, Agricultural Sales Coordinator, and Edward Gregg, Operations Manager, to discuss how these products are made and how they are optimising resources to support a more sustainable future for agriculture.
From the Veolia Orchard to the vast range of projects supported by The Veolia Environmental Trust, we understand the impact of community initiatives on people in the local area. Improving quality of life is a key aspect of our Ecological Transformation ambition.
To tell us more about this and share an insight into how we support and add value to the communities we work in, we will be joined by two Veolia speakers on this episode of 'Ask the Expert'. Andrew Brown, Executive Director of The Veolia Environmental Trust, and Rachel Jay, Head of Regional Communications, will be talking to Martyn Fuller, Head of Marketing, Responsible Business and Proposals at Veolia UK.
In this ongoing series, we will be shining a spotlight on some of our energy, waste and water facilities, where you’ll find out how we turn rubbish into resources, milk bottles into new ones and how we are helping Scottish Water to achieve Net Zero.
ÂŁ77m has been invested for the research and development of electric and hydrogen heavy vehicles - a great step toward decarbonising transport, but with more EVs on UK roads, should we consider what happens to the end-of-life batteries?
With the number of electric vehicles on the road expected to grow from 8 million in 2020 to 116 million in 2030, ensuring stable access to raw materials is a strategic challenge.
Are businesses really doing enough to decarbonise?
Most businesses have started taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint - but a lot more work still needs to be done.
Tune in to hear from David Bevan, Head of IWE Professional Services at Veolia UK, who looks at the work done so far to decarbonise in the UK; how we are helping businesses to take action; and how we at Veolia are reducing our own carbon footprint in line with our Ecological Transformation ambition.
The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) is supporting public sector organisations' carbon reduction ambitions through a series of grants.
Over ÂŁ1 billion has already been awarded by the scheme, with the next round of funding applications due to open in autumn 2023.
To find out more about what PSDS entails and how your organisation can benefit, tune in to this episode of 'Ask the Expert' to hear from Heather Foster, Sector Lead for Education, Healthcare & Public Sector at Veolia UK.
Energy is a precious resource so we are encouraging our business customers to consider these simple tips to help reduce energy use. There are several changes that can be made in the workplace that could impact energy efficiency and decrease costs. Could now be an ideal time to think about improving energy use to save on energy bills?
EPR, DRS, RWS... What does it all mean to your business, and how can you make sure you're up-to-date and compliant?
Tune into this episode of 'Ask the Expert' for a deep dive into Extended Producer Responsibility, and how it fits into the Government's wider Resources and Waste Strategy. Martyn Fuller is joined by a panel of Veolia experts to discuss the impact of EPR as well as how you can ensure you're compliant, and how eco-design can play a vital role.
The panel is made up of Chris Sedgley, Compliance Manager; Madeleine Hall, Senior Sustainability Policy Manager; and Andy Lockett, Commercial Innovation Lead.
The Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced to the UK this time last year, in April 2022, to incentivise businesses to use more recycled plastic in their packaging. Now a year on, what has the tax achieved?
Dulux Decorator Centre's sustainability ambitions have combined with Veolia's Ecological Transformation purpose to deliver an innovative paint can recycling scheme. The scheme has now received over one million paint cans, which can then be recycled into new materials.
Duncan Lochhead, Commercial Sustainability Manager at Dulux Decorator Centre, joined Veolia UK's Daniel Arnold to talk about the impact of the scheme, and how it aligns with both Dulux Decorator Centre and Veolia's sustainability aims.
Using recycled plastics can reduce COâ‚‚ emissions by at least 60% and by as much as 95%, whilst protecting the Earth's raw natural resources, so it's a crucial part of businesses' sustainability plans.
This is where PlastiLoop by Veolia comes in. Our new recycled plastics offering provides high quality circular polymers to businesses across a wide range of industries, including automotive, packaging and agriculture.
Tune in to this episode of 'Ask the Expert' to hear from Benoit Perreau, Markets & Clients Director at Veolia, and Danny Cheke, Material Sales Manager at Veolia UK, as they explain the importance of using more recycled plastics, and how PlastiLoop can help us get there.
Simon Futcher, Regional & Local Sales Director at Veolia UK, is joined by Antony Isherwood, the Community Director at Birmingham City Football Community Trust, to take a deep dive into the initiatives that sports stadiums community trusts are implementing to drive sustainability credentials.
How much do you know about district heating schemes? As one of the most low-carbon ways to heat homes and buildings, district heating is something we should all be talking about.
In this episode of 'Ask the Expert', Martyn Fuller is joined by Jon Sanderson, Business Development Manager for District Heating at Veolia UK. Jon explains how district heating schemes work, and how they are playing an increasingly vital role in the journey to ecological transformation.
In April 2022, the UK-wide Plastic Packaging Tax came into effect. The tax applies to plastic packaging manufactured in or imported into the UK containing less than 30% recycled content.
Tom McBeth, Policy and Infrastructure Manager at RECOUP, joins us to discuss the implications of the tax for businesses, as well as how we can all play our part in achieving a more circular economy for plastics.
Veolia UK's Supply Chain Director, Kevin Davies, and Responsible Business Manager, Danielle King, join Martyn Fuller to discuss sustainability in the supply chain.
With businesses facing increasingly tough economic pressures, it can be easy to focus only on cost savings and forget sustainability. Yet with challenging Net Zero targets to hit and scope 3 emissions under the microscope, it's crucial for businesses to find ways to work with their suppliers to minimise their environmental impact.
In the second part in our Decarbonising Transport series, Martyn Fuller is joined by Edward Yendluri, Waste and Recycling Manager at Westminster City Council, and Briony Bendle, Strategy Manager - Municipal at Veolia UK, to discuss the introduction of Electric Vehicles (EVs) to Westminster's waste management and street cleansing fleet.
Topics covered include the carbon emissions saved through the electrification of the fleet; the importance of engaging communities in sustainability initiatives; and how the long-standing partnership between Veolia and Westminster City Council is helping to achieve ecological transformation.
Did you know that biodiversity is essential for supporting all life on Earth - including humans?
Tune in to find out more about what biodiversity means, why it is so important, and what we're doing here at Veolia to support it.
Martyn Fuller is joined by Mark Smith, Director of Permitting & Environmental Control at Veolia UK, to delve into this crucial topic, and find out how we can all play our part in enhancing biodiversity.
As an increasing number of UK drivers make the switch to Electric Vehicles (EVs), disposing of end-of-life EV batteries sustainably needs to be a priority.
Tune in to hear from David Reynolds, Business Manager for Battery Recycling at Veolia UK, as he talks to Martyn Fuller about how EV batteries can become part of a circular solution.
The conversation covers some of the solutions already being rolled out around the world, including at our own facility in the West Midlands, and the requirements for disposing of these batteries safely.
The Veolia Environmental Trust supports community and environmental projects across England, from projects to restore biodiversity, to community gardens and facilities.
Andrew Brown, Executive Director of the Trust, tells us more about the impact of the Trust's funding on local communities, and shares some of his own standout projects that the Trust has supported.
The fight against food waste is one we all need to play our part in.
Research from WRAP shows that a million tonnes of food waste is thrown away every year. Eleanor Morris, Special Advisor - Hospitality and Food Service at WRAP, joins us to explain how businesses can take action to reduce food waste, along with their carbon footprint.
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