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Increasing resource efficiency can help to reduce your business costs, improve resilience and protect the environment. This means limiting consumption of materials, and reducing the amount of waste your business produces.
Applications are now open for the second round of the Business Resource Efficiency Program (BREP).
The first round of BREP assisted 11 small- and medium-sized businesses to reduce their emissions and costs by reviewing their use of resources and finding ways to reduce waste.
The program aims to:
The program is aimed at small- to medium-sized Tasmanian businesses with less than 200 full-time equivalent employees.
A detailed program of events will be presented at the Program Launch in July 2022. A keynote speaker will inspire and motivate owner/operators and senior management to take action toward increasing resource efficiency in their organisations, industry sector and regional area.
Participants, or a delegated employee, participate in an online waste audit workshop, with follow up remote assistance to complete an audit of material streams and identify opportunities for resource recovery. Businesses will have access to supporting resources and processes, or can use the collective knowledge and experience of the group to validate existing auditing practices. The outcomes of waste audits provide opportunities for improvement and support the selection of a suitable project addressing resource efficiency.
The BREP Exploratory Learning Series will showcase Circular Economy (CE) thinking, existing solutions and emerging technologies from Australia and around the world. Each event will present a keynote speaker on a relevant topic and offer an opportunity for business owners and senior managers to ask questions and explore potential applications in the Tasmanian context. Speakers will include global leaders in CE strategy, product lifecycle assessment, sustainable design and new product offerings. Opportunities identified are further investigated through project-based learning.
Building upon existing networks, working groups meet regularly (online and on-site) to apply collective learning to individual challenges and highlight the interdependency of a circular economy. Meetings are facilitated to encourage collaborative business relationships and joint projects that advance the circular economy across Tasmania.
Individual mentoring from a qualified sustainable designer to assist with resource efficiency initiatives. Project examples include:
Participants share the outcomes of their chosen project and share lessons learnt at a final Review Forum in March 2023.
A program of site visits to view Tasmania’s waste management systems, including regional organics processing facilities, materials recovery facilities and landfills, plus tours of facilities showcasing resource efficiency strategies and new technologies.
Action learning is ‘learning by doing’. The process brings together a group of people to focus on a particular project. The process of action learning encourages participants to challenge the way they do things in their workplace and to do things differently. It is a practical alternative to the more traditional methods of learning through things like lectures and reading.
Each business will receive a comprehensive waste audit, to identify opportunities for increased resource efficiency, and assistance with project scoping for the forthcoming action learning program.
The Business Resource Efficiency Program (BREP) is a partnership between the Tasmanian Government and Business Action Learning Tasmania and is funded by the Tasmanian Government.
For more information visit the Business Action Learning website.
The first Business Resource Efficiency Program (BREP) was completed in 2020, and helped 11 small- and medium-sized Tasmanian businesses review their resource use and find ways to improve it. The program was delivered by Business Action Learning Tasmania in the North and North-West of the State.
Each business received a comprehensive waste audit, to identify opportunities for increased resource efficiency. Through a series of workshops and action learning meetings, the businesses worked as a team to tackle each business’s particular waste problem and develop an action plan.
Businesses received one-on-one mentoring throughout the program to develop their projects and visited waste management centres and other businesses that are leading the way in resource efficiency.
Each business finished the program with a set of recommendations and an implementation plan to improve their resource efficiency. Participants presented their results at a program review forum.
These resources and tools summarise the key program learnings and outcomes, and can help other businesses to improve their resource efficiency. They include Case Studies, Fact Sheets, short videos, and links to tools and useful websites.
Tools and templates are available to help you analyse resource use in your business and develop strategies to improve resource efficiency. Visit the Business Action Learning Tasmania website to download these templates:
Business Action Learning Tasmania (BALT) designed and delivered BREP in partnership with the Tasmanian Government. BALT supports self-reliant industry development, bringing together diverse companies through action learning, to improve their profitability, develop their people and grow the Tasmanian economy. BALT has a range of templates available for download to help Tasmanian businesses pursue resource efficiency initiatives.
Rethink Waste is a statewide initiative involving the three regional waste management groups – Cradle Coast Waste Services, the Northern Tasmanian Waste Management Group and Waste Strategy South. Rethink Waste provides information for best practice waste management and recycling in Tasmania.
EPA Tasmania has useful information about sustainable waste management standards and practices for Tasmanian industry on its Resource Recovery & Waste page, with a full list of waste-related publications.
Sustainability Victoria has a range of resources to help businesses take simple actions to reduce material use and waste.
Bin Trim is a simple tool to help businesses measure their waste, and find out how to waste less and save more.
The Ellen Macarthur Foundation has an extensive collection of resources available online, including:
The Business Resource Efficiency Program (BREP) was a partnership between the Tasmanian Government and Business Action Learning Tasmania and was funded by the Tasmanian Government. It was a key action of Climate Action 21: Tasmania’s Climate Change Action Plan 2017-2021.
For more information visit the Business Action Learning website.