Minimising Risk, Maximising Benefit - EAUC 10th Annual Conference

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Minimising Risk, Maximising Benefit - EAUC 10th
Annual Conference NetRegs Environmental
Compliance Help for Universities and
Colleges Nottingham University Tuesday 11th
April 2006
Tim Fanshawe - NetRegs Business Development
Manager
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Overview

• Sustainable Development (SD) Corporate Social
• Responsibility (CSR) the Big Picture!

• Background to NetRegs concept current situation

• Future possibilities guidelines for
• the Education sector

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Sustainable Development Corporate Social
Responsibility the Big Picture

• An International Issue

• EU Thematic Strategies to Member State
  Regulations

• Insurance Industry pressures - climate change

• Supply chain and customer pressures

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Small Businesses pressures constraints
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Survey of Business Awareness SME-nvironment 2005
93 - unaware of impact they could have on
environment
86 - cannot name any environmental legislation
unprompted
75 - do not have an environmental policy
94 - do not have an environmental management
system
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Interaction of key public and private sector
bodies with SMEs on environmental
issues
NetRegs delivering consistent information across
the UK for SMEs
A lack of joined up thinking increases the
administrative burden on small businesses
4.0 million UK businesses (99.2 of which are
SMEs)
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The different regulatory approaches
Direct regulation
Alternative approaches
Bespoke permits
Environmental taxes
clear outcomes
Trading schemes
Standard permits
Education and advice
Registrations
Directly applying legislation
Negotiated or voluntary agreements
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What modern regulation means

• An approach that delivers for the environment and
  for business
• focusing on outcomes
• risk-based (targeted protection at lower cost)
• changing attitudes - regulatory prescription to
  corporate responsibility
• using alternatives to direct regulation

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The SME Engagement Retention Process
Achieved BS8555, EMAS, ISO14001
Interested but NOT active
Want an EMS Continuous Improvement
Want to go beyond compliance
Not interested
Getting Started
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What is NetRegs?
A website designed to help small businesses
understand their environmental obligations
A UK wide initiative built in partnership by the
three environmental regulators in the UK
Free, anonymous and available 24 hours a day
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How can NetRegs help businesses?
There are four ways to get information

• General advice on specific issues - Management
  Guidelines

• Detailed advice for business groups - Sector
  Guidelines
• (over 100 are covered)

• Links to other information/organisations - More
  Resources

• Links to key future and current legislation -
  Legislation

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Website Demonstration
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Achievements so far

• Focus Groups

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Current Activities

• Promoting the site

• Maintaining adding content

• Improving user-friendliness

• Enhancing the service

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The Future for NetRegs

• Hampton Review

• Business Development and Revenue Generation

• BREW Projects for 2006

• New sector specific guidelines for Education

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The SME Engagement Retention Process
Established BREW work
Established Core NetRegs site
Incentives
Yr 2 BREW fund areas
Other NetRegs development areas

• NetRegs
• Basic
• Compliance
• Information
• Sector
• Guidelines
• Management
• Guidelines
• Future
• Legislation

Reduced Licence Permit Charges
Reduced Insurance Premiums
Sustainable Business Award Schemes
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• Conclusions
• Delivering consistency
• Helping business deal with environmental risks
• Driving sustainability

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• Workshop Questions
• Where do you look for information?
• (eg internet , trade press, websites etc ?)
• How do you search for information?
• (eg keywords, topic areas etc ?)
• What style of language works best?
• (eg e-newsletters, academic docs etc ?)

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