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Around 40 volunteers from local businesses and organisations planted nearly 500 trees at Warley Country Park at an event organised by the Brentwood Environmental Business Alliance last week (Thursday 24 November).

As well as planting trees, the volunteers watched bushcraft demonstrations and learnt more about the woodland conservation and management taking place in the park.

Following the day, Brentwood Borough Council’s Chair of the Community, Environment & Enforcement Committee, Councillor Will Russell said: “I thoroughly enjoyed working with the Brentwood Environmental Business Alliance in the scenic Warley Country Park.

“Alan Marsh, the council’s Arboriculturist who organised the day, delivered an educational talk on woodland management and sustainable forestry and Let’s Get Out were supporting volunteers with their bushcraft skills. There were also demonstrations of the council’s mobile sawmill as well as logging, chipping, and tree planting.

“Many thanks to everyone involved including The Forestry Commission and Thames Chase for their continued support and commitment.”

Kirsty Dailly from Baker Labels added: “A big thank you to BEBA and especially Alan Marsh from Brentwood Borough Council for a very interesting and informative day on forest management.

“We loved getting our hands dirty planting dozens of trees in Warley Park and learning about how and why they manage the forests and woodlands around Brentwood. I look forward to Baker Labels being more involved with this kind of project again in the future.”

If you’re a local business interested in finding out more about being a member of the Brentwood Environmental Business Alliance (BEBA) and learning how to reduce your impact on the environment, email info@brentwood-beba.co.uk.

BEBA member, Tony McPartland of Zest Recycle sponsored the commemorative tree planting at the Army Reserve Centre, 124 Sqn RLC Warley, as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy, both to commemorate her late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee but also to reflect upon her passing.

The Lower Thames Crossing has signed the Brentwood Environmental Business Alliance (BEBA) Pledge to support the group and contribute towards a greener, more sustainable future.

Brentwood Borough Council and local businesses are working together through the Brentwood Environmental Business Alliance to tackle the challenges faced by climate change and to help businesses in the borough reduce their carbon footprint.

Local businesses signing up to the green pledge, make a commitment to minimise their environmental impact. The pledge commits businesses to sign up to BEBA to reduce their carbon footprint in many ways, including reducing waste in the provision of goods and services, recycling waste generated by the business and adopting an environment-first approach to decision making.

Councillor Chris Hossack, Leader of the Council said:

“It’s great news that The Lower Thames Crossing has signed the BEBA pledge towards creating a cleaner and greener agenda. Together with other local businesses, we are stronger and can create innovative solutions for reducing carbon emissions in our businesses, our communities and the planet. By committing to going green, we are taking a big step towards creating a better environment for everyone in the future.”

Brentwood Borough Council announced it will be carbon neutral by 2040. The Council is inviting the local business community to work with it to share best practice and find ways to positively impact the environment.

To mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 96th birthday during this Platinum Jubilee year – Brentwood a Becket Rotary Club planted a lavender garden outside Brentwood Town Hall.

It’s fantastic that that we can use pockets of space outside our office buildings to plant to enhance bio-diversity and absorb carbon.

Along with the lavender, they planted two rose bushes with the apt name of Many Happy Returns.

We are sponsoring the ‘Best Environmental Initiative’ category at this year’s Brentwood Business Awards which have now opened for applications.

This award is for businesses that have implemented environmental initiatives around sustainability, waste reduction, biodiversity, green supply chains, green procurement, or volunteering.

You can see all the Brentwood Business Awards categories and how to enter here: https://lnkd.in/dCVA6MK

Applications close on 24 June 2022.

Council and local businesses learning together how to reduce their impact on the environment

How do we achieve net zero? We want to contribute but don’t know how? And how can we have a positive impact on the environment? Are just three of the questions posed that led to the creation of the Brentwood Environmental Business Alliance (BEBA).

BEBA was launched in October 2021 at the Brentwood Business Showcase, a Brentwood Council event with more than 85 exhibitors and 500 visitors. 

BEBA aims to encourage more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices by providing a platform to collaborate, learn and a place to identify information resources for businesses. This is achieved through regular meetings and themed workshops with the businesses and guest speakers, who can inspire members through their own experiences of adapting more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices. 

The idea for BEBA started in March 2021, when local business, Baker Labels, approached Brentwood Borough Council as they wanted to improve their environmental performance and offset their carbon footprint, but like many businesses, they didn’t know where to start. 

BEBA is the council’s response to tackling a range of environmental challenges including climate change at a local level and as a collective, rather than as individuals. It enables businesses to do their bit and have a positive impact on these environmental issues.

Brentwood Council announced it will be Carbon Neutral by 2040 and we challenge our local business community to work with us to achieve the same. 

Businesses in the Brentwood borough can sign up to The Pledge to demonstrate their commitment to going green, reducing carbon and being more sustainable to help our planet. 

Signatories of the green pledge make a business commitment to minimise their environmental impact by:

• Adopting an environment-first based approach to business decisions 
• Reducing waste in the provision of goods and services 
• Recycling waste generated by business operations 
• Implementing a green supply chain network and using local suppliers wherever possible 
• Adapting procurement policies to prioritise products that are environmentally friendly 
• Volunteering or committing resources to support local environmental initiatives 
• Actively seeking ways to carbon offset 
• Setting a baseline for your business’ current carbon footprint 
• Disclosing actions that will be taken to achieve BEBA’s carbon objectives 
• Being carbon neutral by 2040 
• Being ‘true zero’ carbon by 2050 

BEBA is a chance to meet and network with like-minded business professionals that are passionate about the environment. It’s a chance to share best practice, collaborate on initiatives and ideas that could benefit the environment and whilst helping your business thrive and reducing the carbon footprint of the borough. 

Since its launch, BEBA has nearly 50 businesses who have signed up, each from a range of backgrounds.  

One of the many benefits of BEBA is providing businesses with the opportunity for growth, by attracting new customers who are increasing researching the green credentials of company’s before buying their services.

If you are interested in joining and would like to find out more, email info@brentwood-beba.co.uk  or visit Brentwood Environmental Business Alliance.

The launch of BEBA at the Brentwood Business Showcase was a huge success. ZestRecycle committed to planting a tree for everyone who signed up on the day!