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1st September 2020 Today sees the launch of a new service enabling Scottish artists and craft makers to support each other by redistributing everything from paint to plinths. CAN (Circular Arts Network) is the latest innovative scheme from Glasgow’s Sculpture Placement Group (SPG) and has been designed as a way for people in the hard-pressed…

With Scotland’s economic recovery and a fairer more sustainable approach on the agenda, what are the challenges and opportunities for Scottish businesses as we re-open our economy with Scotland’s net-zero targets in mind? In this Clear Talking podcast, Business Recovery and the Circular Economy, Anderson Strathern’s Brexit and Business Resilience Lead, Neil Amner, talks to Stuart…

16th July 2020 Businesses in Glasgow keen to reduce their environmental impact and help futureproof their operations can now benefit from new and improved support from Scotland’s circular economy experts. Zero Waste Scotland has introduced a refreshed Circular Economy Business Support Service – delivering tailored, one to one support to small and medium-sized enterprises across…

12 June 2020 The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, transferred its flagship MSc ‘Innovation Week’ event entirely online for the very first time in its four-year history, tasking over 150 data science students from across Europe with the challenge of imagining how Glasgow businesses might create a world-leading ‘circular city’. The…

3rd April 2020 On the news that the COP26 climate change conference had been postponed, Glasgow Chamber chief executive Stuart Patrick comments: “It had been a tight timescale to organise an event of this scale in less than a year and given that our attention is now fully on dealing with the current crisis and…

18 March  2020 Due to the ongoing and increased uncertainty that Coronavirus is causing, we wanted to contact you regarding measures we have implemented in order to continue to support business and minimise the risk the virus poses to members and the Chamber team. Our senior management and policy team is continually monitoring UK Government…

13th February 2020 In a bid to achieve their cities’ climate change targets, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce (GCOC) and London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) are teaming up to develop and promote initiatives which will help businesses across the UK future-proof their operations by using circular economy principles. Circular Glasgow, an initiative of GCOC, and…

31st December 2019  Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has cautioned that Scottish Government plans to introduce circularity legislation to cut litter and waste must avoid placing unnecessary cost burdens on business. Rather the delivery of environmentally focused policy interventions should be progressed in parallel with achieving sustainable economic growth and should avoid “unintended consequences of policy…

28th November 2019  Glasgow should be free of unnecessary plastic by the year 2030 and phase out all single-use plastics by 2022, a new council strategy has proposed. Driven by concerns over the harmful impact plastic is having on the natural world, the Plastics Reduction Strategy has set out a 24-point action plan for preventing…

1st November 2019 Glasgow has been recognised as one of the world’s top five cities for its commitment to sustainable business tourism. The Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) published its 2019 rankings today (Thursday, October 31), with Scotland’s largest city climbing three places from joint-seventh to fourth. The announcement comes at the close of the…