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Kent Sustainable Business Partnership
Kent County Council set up the Kent Sustainable Business
Partnership (KSBP) in 1999. The partnership has a strategic
role in developing a ‘Building a Sustainable Economy’
model/programme to support Kent businesses in their
environmental performance, competitiveness, resource
efficiency, productivity, enterprise, skills and innovation.
KSBP has secured
£10 million of
external funding
support to Kent
Business over
the last 5 years
Under the Kent Prospects economic
Strategy, KSBP is leading the way
forward in driving pathways to
sustainable prosperity. This includes
the Kent Foresight taskforce reporting
to the Kent Economic Board.
Business Link Kent has from the
outset acted as the broker of advice,
support and services to business.
This model has been further
reinforced by SEEDA’s support
to generate a Regional Centre
for Sustainable Business Services.
The Environment Agency, as the
main regulator of business, has
enabled regulatory barriers
to business to be addressed
and provided a backbone in
environmental integrity.
KSBP has generated an extensive
programme of initiatives and project
support vehicles which:
• assists and benefits over 3,000
companies a year, generating
significant business advantage.
• has secured £10 million of
external funding support
to Kent Business over the last
5 years. ≥
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Kent Environment
Business of the Year
Stone Circle Livery in Woodchurch
has been named the county’s premier
environmental achiever in 2007.
The UK’s first and only fully organic
horse livery yard, Stone Circle was
awarded the title ‘Kent Environment
Business of the Year’, the top
accolade in the Environment Awards
for Kent Business 2007, presented
by Keith Ferrin, Kent County Council
Cabinet Member for Environment,
Highways and Waste.
This small, family-owned business
encourages clients and wider
equine businesses to embrace
the environmental benefits of going
organic and received high praise
from the independent judging panel
for its careful waste management
and its work creating new habitat
and woodland, restoring ponds
and recreating wild flower meadows
not widely seen in the UK since
Medieval times.
The Awards presentation ceremony,
hosted by Kent Sustainable
Business Partnership, welcomed
representatives of more than 200
of the county’s leading businesses,
and included a keynote presentation
by Peter Crone, Director of Dong
Energy, a sponsor of the London
Array offshore wind farm project.
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Pioneering support programmes and projects
delivered by KSBP partners include:
• Business Resource Efficiency &
Waste programme
• Corporate Social Responsibility programme
• Eco-enterprise support programme
• Energy efficiency advice
• Environmental audit & advice
• Environment Awards for Kent Business
• Environmental management systems
(ISO14001)
• Environmental regulation advice
• Regional Centre for Environmental
Technology Skills
• ReMaDe South East markets for
waste materials
• Sustainable construction
• Sustainable Future Industries programme
• Sustainable procurement &
eco-supply directory
Contact:
Kent Sustainable Business Partnership
Tel: 01622 221 859
www.egeneration.co.uk/kent
Business Link Kent: 0845 600 9 006
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