The Mayday Network in the North West

The Mayday Network is the UK's largest group of businesses and organisations committed to collectively taking action on climate change.  The Network offers a range of practical support to help North West businesses reduce their carbon emissions. 

England’s Northwest is committed to taking a lead in addressing climate change, with a vision to become a low-carbon region that is well prepared for the unavoidable impacts of climate change by 2020.

To achieve this goal, the North West has seen a unique partnership formed between Business in the Community, the CBI, the North West Business Leadership Team and a range of other partners to develop a large and active regional Prince's Mayday Network.  We aim to help North West Companies maximise new business opportunities and minimise potential climate change risks.

An exciting regional work programme was launched at the Prince’s Mayday Summit on 1 May 2009.  In the North West, the regional summit was held in the Concorde Hangar at Manchester Airport.  This was a great opportunity to debate some of the key challenges of climate change, under the wings of one of the great technological achievements of the 20th Century and in a leading ‘green’ building.

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For more information on getting involved in the Prince’s Mayday Network in the North West please contact Gudrun Cartwright  0161 233 7750.

What are Mayday Network members already doing?

The Mayday Network has an online case study library of over 50 company stories on how to mobilise your company, employees, suppliers and customers on climate change.

Speakers at the 2009 North West Summit:

Professor Mohan Munasinghe

Professor Munasinghe - speaking at the North West May Day Summit 09

At the 2009 North West event, Professor Mohan Munasinghe, Deputy Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director General of the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester spoke about the international dimensions of climate change and the importance of addressing social justice as well as environmental impacts.

Julia Hailes

Julia Hailes - speaking at the North West May Day summit 09

Julia Hailes, author of ‘The New Green Consumer Guide’ talks about how everybody can take action on climate change and the importance of business leadership.

Carl Klemm

Carl Klemm - speaking at the North West May Day Summit 09

Carl Klemm, Deputy Managing Director of Toyota Manufacturing UK shares Toyota’s experiences of lean manufacturing and the importance of sound environmental management for Toyota’s business.

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