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The 'FM' Business of being Green (invitation to a Midlands Region event)

2nd October 2008 (3:30PM)

Location All Saints Network Ltd, The Workspace, All Saints Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 1EL
Contact Dave Bright
Email dave.bright@halfords.co.uk
Tel 01527 513262
Details Green-Works is an award winning charity. As a not for profit social enterprise it is unique in providing a national service managing and recycling redundant office furniture on an industrial scale.
As a partner of Green-Works for a number of years Harrow Green will discuss the positive impact the relationship has had on their clients.

15:30 Registration & tea/coffee

15:50 Welcome to 'The Workspace' and introduction - Tony Knight, BIFM Midlands

16:00 Social Enterprise and how ASAN is working towards long-term sustainability by reinvesting in the community and creating an asset base - Mike Swain, ASAN's Chief Executive
The ASAN Green-Works partnership - Colin Crooks, Green-Works

16:30 The impact of 'not' recycling versus the benefits socially, environmentally and economically of having a recycling programme - Terry Gibbs, Harrow Green

16:50 The Green-Works story - Colin Crooks, Green-Works

17:20 Tour of the 'Big Garage' (watch desk tops being made into pellets) and the 'Boot Factory' (furniture warehouse and showroom)

18:30 Return to 'The Workspace' - Q & A and find out how the bio-mass boiler works - Mike Swain, ASAN
Light finger buffet and a chance to network

19:00 Close
 

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