29 Jul 2013
Chemicals North West in association with the Royal Society of Chemistry and Cogent SSC are pleased to be hosting Industry Connect, the business breakfast networking event for the process industries. Join us at The Heath (WA7 4QX) on Wednesday 18 September 2013 from 8.00am to 10.00am for qualty networking, mini presentations and of course breakfast.
There will be four speakers talking about the principal of the triple bottom line, REACH regulations, SME Connect and the SME Performance Benchmarking Tool. See below for further details about the mini presentations and to book your place click here.
Triple Bottom Line
Stuart Ross will be speaking about the commercial opportunity presented to business by the environmental challenge and the concept of sustainability as well as discussing the practical application of the principle of the triple bottom line. Stuart is the Chair of Food North West Ltd and The Environmental Network North West Ltd as well as a former Supply Chain and Distribution Director of Tesco.
REACH
The REACH regulation is extremely complex and many companies are unsure of how it affects them. This talk will provide an overview of the obligations of downstream users under REACH.
Support for Small Companies
The Royal Society of Chemistry has recently launched the first phase of a microsite aimed at small companies. The talk will describe the sources of information, the support available and great benefits to keep you competitive.
The SME Performance Benchmarking Tool
To compete successfully in today’s global market, UK companies must have a well-trained, highly skilled workforce.This presentation will summarise the use of the Benchmarking Tool, which allows the user to self-diagnose areas for workforce development by mapping individual responses to an industry benchmark and the Cogent Gold Standard. To find out more about the SME Performance Benchmarking Tool click here.
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