Sustainability and Business-how to improve and boost your competitive edge

Sustainability matters to all businesses, large and small!

For small and medium enterprises (SMEs), however, there is a huge barrier to taking action on sustainability because they have neither an experienced person or team internal to the business nor the requisite budget to hire professionals with expertise in sustainability. In addition, they are unable to invest time to start increasing their own knowledge about what sustainability means and why it matters for the long-term success of businesses.

Against this backdrop, SME Founders and their key decision-makers can be faced with feelings of overwhelm, fears of extra business costs and confusion about what to do and how to take meaningful action to achieve sustainability.

This 1-hour virtual seminar is designed to help decision makers in small organisations get a grasp of the basics of sustainability. Attendees will gain an understanding of what sustainability can mean for their businesses, dispel myths and gain insights about integrating sustainability into day-to-day operations.

What's covered:

•Sustainability -definition, key pillars, interpretation

•What are key drivers for making the business case for Sustainability

•Benefits of integrating sustainability in day-to-day business operations

• Why sustainability matters to SMEs in the supply chain of larger firms

•Reporting progress to customers, clients, other stakeholders

•Myths about sustainability

•Taking action -integrate sustainability into your business

Time: 1 hour (including time for Q and A)

Ideal audience: Sole traders and company directors of small and medium-sized enterprises, CEOs of charities and social enterprises.

Veronica Broomes, a qualified and experienced Business Coach, Mentor and Sustainability professional, works with owners and directors to find solutions that promote business growth, reduce time taken to launch new services and products and save thousands by avoiding costly mistakes. Veronica supports her clients as they define and achieve SMART goals, set prices for products or services and develop effective plans to improve sustainability in their business. In return, clients stay focused, feel supported and develop greater insights into how social and environmental impacts in a business can be a competitive edge for profitability. Through the 'Your Small Business Coach' brand, Veronica developed over several years a niche in Pricing strategies. Now she helps other business owners in negotiating contracts, identifying new revenue streams in their business and a system to accelerate business growth.

Veronica's deep knowledge of Small Business Coaching, Business Mentoring, Sustainability and Environmental Impact Assessment along with an experiential approach to learning have been invaluable to clients. She has presented at seminars and other events hosted by Sheffield Central Library's Business &

IP Centre, Sheffield Digital, Santander Bank, Corporation of London's City Business Library (now SBREC). In addition, she is the Founder of the Sustainability Support service at PHY Ltd and manages serviced accommodation through the Excel City Apartments brand for people working away from home, visiting or relocating to Sheffield in South Yorkshire.

Veronica Broomes

Business Growth Coach, Mentor, Entrepreneur

T: 07914056154

E: bizcoachuk@gmail.com

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