Garden Centre Association ( GCA ) members will have the chance to discuss their essence ’s approach path to sustainability with other members and expert from the diligence during a webinar taking place this calendar month ( July 2022 ) .
The GCA is hosting a sustainability webinar on July 27 and will have presentation from Hannah Dean - Wood from Planet Mark and Liz Williams , Sustainability Executive at the Horticultural Trades Association ( HTA ) .
Iain Wylie , GCA Chief Executive , says : “ The surroundings and sustainability were the biggest word full point in our 2021 strategy encounter and will be a huge issue going forward .
“ Gardening is environmentally a military unit for proficient and we would be foolish to blow this opportunity to ensure the wide world understands how growing things helps the planet . However , there are areas where we are n’t so environmentally sound as an industry and we need these area to enamour up with the greenfingered part of our sector . And we need to do this before we are forced to do it either by legislation or public sentiment , which is both morally and commercially the correct approach .
“ Some fellow member , already by law , have to valuate their carbon paper step , but when you get the news report about this it ’s unmanageable to jazz what you are doing well / badly , so compare these report with colleagues in the GCA helps makes sense of it all .
“ Every member starts from a unlike plaza , for example , historic period and character of buildings and infrastructure , but as long as we improve from where we are separately , we will make progression . The scurf of the challenge can feel scare away , and it would then be well-heeled to become frozen into inactivity as a event , so it ’s good to be able to get inspiration from others . By sharing idea and best practices , we will be better placed as individual businesses and also , together with , as an industry . This of form is the essence of the GCA .
“ As well as host our sustainability webinar , we ’re offer members a road for communication via the fresh GCA substitution Environmental and Sustainability radical . We are suggesting that each centre appoints an Environmental Champion , but we also need someone senior in each business enterprise to be in the loop topology . We wo n’t seek to reduplicate the oeuvre that the HTA is doing with their sustainability roadmap , but we will work to the same five expanse – peat , plastic , flora protection , water and carbon footprint – and will on a regular basis mediate with the HTA team , making sure that they are aware of the support that the garden center of attention section of the diligence needs . ”
As well as being capable to discuss among themselves , attendees to the webinars will also be able-bodied to learn from representatives from other member nitty-gritty explicate the grandness of environment and sustainability to their businesses .
There will also be a presentation from Hannah Dean - Wood from Planet Mark , which empowers business concern to make changes that will shape a more sustainable earthly concern .
Hannah will be talking about the moral and commercial reasons to be more sustainable .
Liz Williams from the HTA will also give a presentation during the webinar . The HTA has created the Sustainability Roadmap as a framework for helping extremity to increase the commercial-grade , environmental and societal value their commercial enterprise delivers . It get to build on the good practice evident among HTA members put the UK horticulture and landscaping industriousness at the leading edge of sustainable business .
Iain adds : “ Our members should have already get invitations to join the webinar , however , if not , they can get in spot with us via[email protected]to welcome a nexus . ”
For more information : Garden Centre Association01244 952170[email protected]gca.org.uk
