welcome to GAIN Community

Local economic growth through partnership and sustainability

Children Recycling
Climate Change and sustinability
Recycling Education

welcome to GAIN Community

Local economic growth through partnership and sustainability

Air Pollution and Climate Change
Renewable green energy in Kirklees and Yorkshire

What is GAIN?

GAIN has been developed to run alongside Kirklees
Council’s response to the Climate Emergency and to
secure commitment from local businesses to take action on sustainability.

GAIN helps you to become more sustainable through smarter energy and waste management and by bringing businesses together to bulk buy services. As sustainability experts, we can help you plan a complete sustainability strategy and reduce your running costs.

Community Partnerships

Why GAIN?

We all want to do more to reduce our impact on the environment, become more efficient and spend less on energy. Where better to start than right here on our doorstep?

Carbon-intensive firms are likely to lose 43% of their value thanks to policies designed to combat climate change. Meanwhile the most progressive companies will see an uplift of 33% in their value.*

*Report by the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

“A question for every company, every financial institution, every asset manager, pension fund or insurer: what’s your plan?”

Mark Carney,
Governor of the Bank of England

“2020 is our last chance to bring the world together to take decisive action on climate change in order to protect our communities.”

Tony Juniper
Natural England Chairman

The benefits

Smarter energy purchasing

Cost savings

You’ll save money through efficiency, smarter purchasing, staff engagement and group buying benefits.

Corporate social Responsibility

Csr

When you demonstrate sustainability, the reputational benefit is huge.

Sustainability strategy

Expert support

Our sustainability experts to help you develop a strategy and set goals.

Energy, waste and sustainability

Streamlined services

Energy, waste, sustainability and wellness projects are managed centrally, making your life easier.

Improving the community through sustainability

improving the community

The scheme will create a fund to provide grants for sustainability initiatives within the community.

Energy purchasing

Financial support

Gain can help you arrange funding for sustainability projects.

Wellbeing in the workplace

workplace wellbeing

A healthy workplace is more engaged and productive.

Who is GAIN for?

Gain is open to businesses and organisations in the Kirklees community. The scheme will create a grant making fund, administered by One Community Kirklees, so that charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations  can apply for funding towards energy efficient and sustainable schemes.

What's covered?

Every Gain member will create their own unique sustainability strategy.
These are some of the key changes that every business can make:
Community Partnership schemes

Smarter energy purchasing

Gain helps you choose the most cost-effective supplier and contract with ongoing market intelligence to make sure you buy energy at the right time.

Recycling in the workplace

Waste & recycling

By streamlining your waste services, managing your suppliers and setting up recycling zones Gain helps you save money, reduce waste and engage your people.

Green energy purchasing

Energy efficiency

From LED lighting systems and Voltage Optimisation to on site renewable energy generation, Gain helps you use less and spend less.

wellness and wellbeing in the workplace

Wellbeing

Gain has lots of ideas to help you create a healthy, engaged and more productive workplace.

Become a partner

All business that work through the scheme will receive certification and a Gain logo for their website to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability and the community.

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