Draft Business Waste Strategy PDF - london.gov.uk - Greater ...
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44 Mayor of London<br />
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s <strong>Draft</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Management <strong>Strategy</strong><br />
and that services are developed in a coordinated manner to avoid<br />
duplication and to provide consistency across London.<br />
3.51 The LDA is already helping to improve coordination of environmental<br />
business support in London and to deliver advice and support on waste<br />
and resource management issues to more businesses. The <strong>Business</strong><br />
Resource Efficiency and <strong>Waste</strong> (BREW) programme is funded by Defra<br />
using Landfill Tax credits. The programme provides information and advice<br />
to businesses to help them manage their resources more productively.<br />
There are a number of national partners delivering a valuable programme<br />
of free, confidential and independent advice to UK businesses. The<br />
Regional Development Agencies are coordinating the delivery of the<br />
BREW programme at the regional level and carrying out strategic resource<br />
efficiency projects in the regions. The LDA is providing a coordinating role<br />
to ensure projects fit with the wider goals for London.<br />
3.52 The LDA will continue to play a key role in providing this coordination<br />
by delivering support through <strong>Business</strong> Link London in conjunction with<br />
the London Environmental Support Service (LESS). LESS is a pan-London<br />
environmental business support service funded by the LDA and was<br />
launched in November 2006. Regional development agencies are tasked<br />
with promoting streamlined advice on resource efficiency, delivered<br />
through <strong>Business</strong> Links, as part of the wider programme to reduce the<br />
complexity of business support and better tailor services to business<br />
needs 98 . The LDA is developing LESS to provide an enhanced business<br />
resource efficiency service that is consistent with, and coordinated<br />
through, the <strong>Business</strong> Support Simplification Programme 99 . The LDA<br />
is raising awareness within the business community, and with those<br />
who have contact with businesses, of the London Environmental Support<br />
Service and developing partnerships with environmental support providers<br />
to improve the referrals process.<br />
3.53 LESS helps businesses improve their environmental performance by:<br />
■ providing businesses, whether as part of their start-up phase or once<br />
their business has started operating, with a simple way to access free,<br />
environmental advice, support and services<br />
■ developing and promoting best practice examples to demonstrate the<br />
business opportunities of sustainable resource and waste management<br />
■ promoting the ‘Enworks’ tool for businesses to collect and manage<br />
their operations data, including waste and resource management data<br />
through a specific module