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Up to £40,000 for SMEs with big ideas on climate change: deadline 7th November
Small businesses with big ideas to tackle climate change are being urged to compete for awards of up to £40,000 each, as the Shell Springboard programme opens for its fourth year.
With the government pledging a million new ‘green collar’ jobs over the next two decades, Shell Springboard is urging UK SMEs to capitalise on the growing market opportunity by applying for a financial boost from the programme. James Smith, Chairman of Shell UK, said: “SMEs are a vibrant and creative sector of the economy, so they’re ideally placed to be climate change entrepreneurs”. He continued: “Shell’s scenario planning suggests that in the future we will be reliant on a mix of a number of different energy sources and energy saving technologies. Grassroots innovation from small businesses could be a crucial factor in driving the development of this mix. I’d urge SMEs operating in this field to give serious consideration to the Springboard programme”.
Shell Springboard offers a financial boost for UK businesses with compelling ideas for tackling climate change. These must be ideas which:
- will lead to greenhouse gas reductions
- are commercially viable
- are innovative
Up to six awards of between £20,000 and £40,000 are on offer in each of three UK regions. Last year awards of £40,000 were made to five businesses from across the UK.
The deadline for 2008 entries is 7th November 2008. Full details and an online application form can be found at www.shellspringboard.org
Shell is one of the world’s largest oil supply companies. Using oil is a major contributor to climate change. A recent advert claiming their operations were sustainable was challenged by WWF and outlawed by the Advertising Standards Agency because operations to extract oil from the “tar sands” in Canada caused eight times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional oil extraction – see this article
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