Envision is the South West's small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) environmental business mentoring programme helping them to save money and develop new green markets.  

We have a proven track record in a wide range of areas including carbon management, resource efficiency, waste, water, transport, energy, building, green business development as well as offering training and workshops.

Since July 2002 Envision mentors have helped and identified businesses to save operating costs and improve their environmental performance by:

• 2800 business worked with
• 645,000 M3 water   
• 43 GWhs energy 
• 70,500 tonnes waste   
• 121,200 litres of vehicle fuel
• 37000 tonnes CO2 emissions 
• 1050 individuals trained from 273 business
• 190 EMS business implementations
• 223 carbon footprint assessments
£8.5 million in cost savings to business
£10,500 average saved per SME receiving in-depth support

Services

Free advice: Dedicated mentors provide up to 2 hours free advice and guidance on a range of environmental issue.

Mentoring: 2-10 days of subsidised business support are available and the smaller the business the smaller the fee. 

Support covers aims to reduce business costs and helping them grow, services are:

• Carbon footprinting and carbon management
• Energy reduction and management
• Waste reduction
• Water Reduction
• Transport costs reduction
• Sustainable construction advice and building improvement
• Environmental Management System and policy, BS8555, ISO14001.
• Renewable Energy feasibility
• Staff training
• Green business market development
• Product eco-design