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Shropshire Hills Sustainable Business Scheme

A guide for businesses

The Shropshire Hills Sustainable Business Scheme aims to encourage businesses and their customers to become more sustainable.

It is for businesses who are committed to:

• Reduce our impact on the environment
• Benefit wildlife and landscape
• Involve local people and visitors
• Support the local economy
• Participate in a network of like minded businesses

The scheme is run by the Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership and is open to all eligible businesses in and around the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Why get involved?

Save money

• By reducing energy costs through carbon footprinting and advice
• Joint marketing, including a new website listing and directory
• Free use of a meeting room at the AONB Partnership Office
• Discounted products and services
• Getting together with other businesses to bulk buy

Get more custom

• By having more avenues to market
• Improved marketing; PR articles and promotion locally, regionally and eventually nationally through case studies of sustainable businesses
• Events and networking with other businesses and the public
• Discounted products and services
• Appealing to eco-conscious consumers and those that want to support local businesses

Improve your profitability

• By potentially increasing margins as you become recognised for being more sustainable
• Getting more customers
• Reducing costs

What does 'sustainability' mean?

Sustainability is a process in which we all try continuously to "do better" in relation to:

• Creating a strong local economy
• Building healthy and happy communities
• Managing natural resources to ensure we do not deplete them
• Conserving and enhancing wildlife and the landscape

This is important to the future prosperity and vitality of the Shropshire Hills and we can all do something towards the process.

Is my business eligible?

Please look at the eligibility criteria below to ensure your business can join. If you are uncertain or have any questions, please call us.

Criteria	Tourism	Producers	Others	Comments
Membership of Visit Britain's / AA star rating system				Necessary for website to be linked to regional and national sites
Farm holdings registered in an agri-environment scheme				Where farm holdings are able to qualify
High standards of animal welfare				Intensive, indoor reared livestock or poultry enterprises will not be eligible
Utilising local supply chains				Listed on the Shropshire Hills Buy Local website

For more information go to

http://www.shropshirehills-buylocal.co.uk/sustainable.cfm