Recovery, Renewal, Resilience: the Local Industrial Strategy post-COVID-19
Introduction SMEs across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have recently contributed to shaping the new Local Industrial Strategy (LIS), which seeks to drive economic growth and job creation over the next decade. The LIS is being developed in line with the Government’s national Industrial Strategy, which aims to boost productivity and create high-quality, well-paid […]
Finland x Cornwall: Circular economy approaches in the georesources
This was the second in our series of Tevi webinars exploring circular economy synergies between Cornwall and leading Finnish institutions. This time, we teamed up with the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), a leading European competence centre on assessment and sustainable use of geological resources. GTK provides expertise that serves the interests of clients, stakeholders […]
Wilding Land for Economic and Environmental Growth
Author: Amanda Goodwin, Tevi Challenge Network Manager Challenge Network Introduction: On 29th April 2020 Tevi convened the first meeting of its Wilding Land Challenge Network (CN). This CN aims to support enterprises across the region to recognise and implement land management practices that contribute towards environmental growth. These practices could include allowing natural regeneration of land, giving space to wildness, planting edible / pollinator friendly species, supporting dark sky initiatives, as well as providing access to these flourishing areas for human wellbeing and health benefits. The […]
Tevi bring in expertise from the Netherlands to speed up Cornwall’s transition to a Circle Economy
Tevi have teamed up with Circle Economy (CE) in Amsterdam to develop a range of bespoke solutions that further support the transition to a circular economy for Cornish businesses. This exciting collaboration draws on the international experience of CE and helps keep Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly plugged into European-wide networks of businesses, all […]
Lagas goes LIVE
Tevi’s Environmental Intelligence data hub, Lagas, is now live, and available to view at https://lagas.co.uk/. This web platform, developed by Tevi with Truro based Vitamin Cornwall, allows Cornwall to share its Environmental Growth vision, to help guide the decisions of businesses, planners and the public. Lagas, and the wider focus on Environmental Growth within […]
Li4UK/Tevi workshop: Mapping the UK’s future circular economy for lithium-ion batteries
On March 12th 2020 Li4UK and Tevi brought together a range of stakeholders and experts from the lithium-ion battery supply chain for a series of talks and workshop discussions at the Old Bakery Studios in Truro. The one-day workshop was part of the 15-month Li4UK project funded by Innovate UK as part of the UK Government’s […]
Forest for Cornwall – Official launch
Author: Ben Rowswell Yesterday saw the official launch of Cornwall Council ‘Forest for Cornwall‘ initiative that will see 10 million trees form 20,000-acres of new forest across the county. Members of the Tevi team participated in the flagship project alongside volunteers councillors and schoolchildren planting the first 105 trees in Saltash. The initiative is part […]
Circular Economy Summit 2019 – A successful meeting of minds
More than 100 people attended this year’s Circular Economy Summit ‘Grow your business through collaboration’ held at Nancarrow Farm. The event hosted by Tevi brought together local businesses, policy makers & academics to explore opportunities for collaboration and progressing through different stages of circular economy work, taking inspiration from best practice examples from the Netherlands […]
Video – Packshare: Packaging a circular economy
You may already be familiar with Packshare from our case study here. As online sales have grown over the years, so too has the issue of waste packaging (especially given that some of the largest online marketplaces still have a tendency to over-package!). Most of us have amassed a pile of boxes at some point […]
Video – Circular Food Project
Tevi has been working over the last year to support the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in many sectors across Cornwall through the adoption of Circular Economic approaches. Food and the Circular Economy – South West is an EPSRC-funded research project. Since November 2016 the project has been exploring the challenges and opportunities […]
