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Start is a new national initiative by The Prince's Charities Foundation to promote and celebrate sustainable living. In September 2010 HRH The Prince of Wales, President of BITC, will go on a five day tour of Britain, highlighting some of the best examples of communities and individuals starting to live more sustainably.

On Monday 6 September, HRH The Prince of Wales, president of BITC, will commence a country-wide tour to celebrate sustainable community living as part of his START initiative. The Royal Tour will take HRH via Royal Train, which runs on sustainable bio-fuel, to ten different locations throughout Britain, where individuals, community groups and businesses are working in partnership to help people live more sustainable lives.

Business in the Community has been instrumental in bringing together the many partners in each city who will make the visits so inspirational. Find out more about BITC's involvement in the Royal Tour through the link below.

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  • How is BITC involved?

    Business in the Community has been instrumental in bringing together the many inspirational partners that HRH will visit as his Tour passes through Bristol, Newcastle, Todmorden, Manchester, Nottingham, and Birmingham.

  • The Royal Tour

    Click above for updates of the Royal Tour of ten different locations throughout Britain, where individuals, community groups and businesses are working in partnership to help people live more sustainable lives.

  • IBM Start Sustainability Summit

    The IBM Summit at Start brings together key thought leaders in business, government and academics. By recognising that sustainability needs to be economically viable – as well as socially and environmentally desirable - the summit will identify the challenges ahead, consider how to overcome them and explore opportunities to lead business towards a sustainable future.

  • More about Start…

    Start is the consumer-facing phase in The Prince’s Mayday Network, convened by BITC, which was created in 2007 as a result of HRH’s call to action to business to take action on climate change. It is aimed at inspiring and supporting individuals as well as businesses to understand what a sustainable future looks like, that it is a better future, and how they might start moving towards it.

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