Business
Groundwork & Local Business Partnerships
We help local businesses put their corporate responsibility strategies into action by connecting them with communities, reducing their impact on the environment and helping them build social value into their services.
Sustainable Business Membership
Groundwork’s Sustainable Business Membership scheme is an easy and effective way for businesses to understand & enhance their sustainability performance.
Our team supports local businesses to reduce their environmental impact and provides opportunities to restore nature, support local community projects and help people into employment.
Social Impact Sponsorship & Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
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The Groundwork team were incredible, full of knowledge and supported a novice but enthusiastic team to get stuck into woodland coppicing. We had a brilliant day, and really felt like we’d contributed to the upkeep of a vital ecological space in Salford!
Dan Skinner, Director Risk, Bupa Dental Care
Environmental Services
Becoming a net-zero business
Our Sustainable Business Consultants review, assess and provide independent advice on energy & waste, calculating a businesses carbon footprint and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Environmental training courses
Our team deliver a range of
environmental training courses, including Carbon Literacy, which help businesses develop the knowledge and skills to deliver on their environmental commitments.
Greening your business premises
Our landscape architects assess business premises to identify opportunities for nature based solutions, such as green walls and sustainable urban drainage, which reduce the effects of climate change.
Become an Employment Partner
We’re looking for businesses of all sizes, from all sectors to join our Greater Manchester employers network.
There’s no charge for working with us and we don’t charge any commissions. We’re simply on a mission to help people start the careers they dream of and we’re looking for partners who can help make this dream a reality.
Examples of our recent work
CASE STUDY: United Utilities supports water efficiency project in Manchester schools
Our Green Doctors were commissioned by United Utilities to survey 30 schools in Manchester to check whether they were using more water than they needed to. The team found that an average school was wasting a swimming pool worth of water every 42 days!
CASE STUDY: Delivering community engagement for Peel Environmental
Groundwork was appointed by Peel to engage the local community in Irlam, Salford about the design and development of a nearby under-used and under-loved green space.
NEWS: Global manufacturer, Cargill sponsor Forest School for a 3rd year
For a third year running, Cargill have sponsored Forest School at Trafford Ecology Park. Their support has meant that 29 young people could take part in weekly outdoor learning sessions, with 10 young people completing John Muir qualifications.
Groundwork GM – Work with us
Please complete this form is you’re an organisation looking to work, or partner, with Groundwork Greater Manchester: