The Project:

Green Lincs is a fully funded programme designed to support small and medium sized companies to improve their environmental performance.

We aim to help companies to evaluate their environmental performance and implement controls to make improvements.

The project will run until October 2008.

Why participate:

The project has been specifically designed to help small and medium sized organisations in Lincolnshire to:

1. Improve environmental performance
2. Make cost savings generated as a result of energy, waste and raw materials efficiency
3. Demonstrate environmental management controls to a wide range of stakeholders including customers, clients and regulators
4. Improve awareness and control of legal requirements leading to reduced risk from prosecution

In addition, the project is committed to signposting participants to other sources of support available within the region.

Case Study:

SME Benefits from evaluating and improving environmental controls.

Central Electrical Limited is an engineering services company specialising in the supply, overhaul and repair of electric motors and associated
equipment. The company fall within the SME sector, employing around 50 full time staff and are facing continued environmental pressure as well as external interest in their environmental performance.

Central Electrical first accessed funded support from WYGE to evaluate environmental performance in 2004. The results of the analysis were used to develop an improvement action plan.

This programme led to the production of a company environmental policy.

The decision has now been taken to utilise further funding to progress full environmental management system development.

"At Central Electrical we see environmental improvement and EMS development as essential to maintaining and
improving business competitiveness. Support from WYGE is helping us to in a structured approach and to
improve control of compliance with environmental legislation, address cost saving opportunities demonstrate
environmental control to our customers. Above all the programme is helping us to improve our environmental performance"

- Jane McEvoy, Safety, Health & Environmental Manager, Central Electrical

To find out how you can benefit from the project contact:
Liz Minshall at White Young Green Environmental.
Tel: 01623 684620
E-mail: elizabeth.minshall@wyg.com