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Green Procurement and Eco-Innovation
Rod GilchristOpportunity Peterborough
Peterborough:• Population of 180,000• 6,000 businesses in Greater Peterborough• Home to the UK’s Environment Capital
Eco-InnovationEco-Innovation is defined as eco-innovative products, techniques, services or processes which aim at the prevention or the reduction of environmental impacts or which contribute to the optimal use of resources.
Source: European Commission (2011)
Eco-Innovation Drivers• Resource efficiency (to save money or other reasons)
• Policy decisions (e.g. Carbon Reduction Commitment)
• Internal decisions (e.g. Environmental Management Systems)
• Need/Want to improve or protect the natural environment
• Improve health and wellbeing
• Avoid fines for pollution
• Increasingly profitable area for businesses
The UK Opportunity• £107 billion• 55,000 companies• 880,000 employees• 5% year-on-year growth to 2017• Strong track record in innovation activities• 5th biggest innovator in EU• 8th for eco-innovation in EU• 4 of world’s top 6 Universities
EnviroCluster Peterborough• 350 environment sector businesses
– Engineering and precision manufacturing; specialised in energy generation, water and waste management, environmental services
• World-class Universities• Wide support infrastructure• £590m annual turnover• 5,800 employees
What is a cluster?A business cluster is a geographical concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field.
Clusters increase innovation and economic activity. Companies become more competitive nationally and globally.
The Innovation Engine
InnovationNetwork
Incubation
Tools &Brokerage
Demonstrator
Challenge Loop
Innovation Loop
Commercialisation Loop
Innovation Pool
Challenge Pool
Supply Chain,Entrepreneurs
& Students
End-Users
InnovationNetwork
Incubation
Demonstrator
Tools &Brokerage
InnovationNetwork
Incubation
Demonstrator
The Innovation Engine
InnovationNetwork
Incubation
Tools &Brokerage
Demonstrator
Challenge Loop
Innovation Loop
Commercialisation Loop
Innovation Pool
Challenge Pool
Supply Chain,Entrepreneurs
& Students
End-Users
InnovationNetwork
Incubation
Demonstrator
Tools &Brokerage
InnovationNetwork
Incubation
Demonstrator
Aim: To help nurture the development of new start-ups and solutions to the point of commercialisation.• Idea generation (scouting, R&D training, student
networking)• UCP, PRC, Young Lives etc.
• Pre-incubation (due-diligence)• Selection (business planning, selection committee,
IP)• Incubation (facilities, financing, tutoring/coaching,
monitoring)• Exit (sell/buy, movement to ‘landing hub’)Aim: Solutions are tested and demonstrated in a live environment to prove solutions work and to show investors.• Manage test-bed environment• Broker relationships with end-users
A collaborative network that creates novel solutions to global challenges through open innovation, incubation and engagement with end-users, entrepreneurs and the supply chain. The solutions will create economic, social and environmental benefits:• Solve challenges• Develop new products, processes & services• Create new start-ups and business activity• Smarter procurement• Jobs created/safeguarded• Inward investment• Awareness raising of companies
To ensure that challenges are accurately matched to solutions providers, “innovation tags” need to be used.
A library and showcase of challenges
A library and showcase of innovations
Aim: To foster collaboration between entrepreneurs, supply chain companies and end users to generate new solutions and broker relationships.• Creation of focus/special interest groups• Collaboration events• Innovation portal where new ideas and challenges
can be submitted• Members are notified when challenges matching
their ‘innovation tags’ are found
Aim: To link end-users with innovative solutions.• Manage flow of ideas back to end-users and
challenge originator• Provide commercialisation support to businesses• Deliver consultancy services to end-users• B2B matchmaking• Sustainability toolkits ensuring sustainable
procurement
City Metabolism
Ski
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Aim: Engagement with end-users to identify market-driven / end-user driven innovation.• Consultancy with end-users• Toolkits to be used by end-users• Events with end-users
Living Data
Skills
Living Data
Tools &Brokerage
The Hive
SmarterEnvironments
ChallengePool
InnovationNetwork
InnovationPool Demonstrator
Incubation
InnovationEngine
(facilitation, tools,brokerage)
Businesses, Universities, Innovators, Students, Citizens
Public Bodies, End-Users
Demonstrator
Incubation
InnovationPool Demonstrator
Incubation
InnovationPool Demonstrator
Incubation
InnovationNetwork
InnovationPool Demonstrator
Incubation
ChallengePool
InnovationNetwork
InnovationPool Demonstrator
Incubation
SmarterEnvironments
ChallengePool
InnovationNetwork
InnovationPool Demonstrator
Incubator
EnviroCluster Retrofit Project• £170,000 pilot project funded by Technology Strategy Board.• Installed technologies hope to demonstrate an 87% cut in energy use.• Comprehensive retrofit achieved with tenant in-situ.
Examples• 2012 Olympics and Legacy
• Green Procurement in London• www.greenprocurement.co.uk
Rod Gilchrist
Opportunity Peterborough, Stuart House, Ground Floor, Zone 5, St John’s Street Peterborough PE1 5DD Tel 00 44 1733 [email protected]