Welcome!
Wildlife at Work
Agenda
• Welcome, introductions, making most of today
• Why are we here? Why is this important? HWT’s role?
• What’s your role?
• What next & how can you support HWT?
121 with someone new
- A bit about you
- Shared interests?
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Shared experiences?
- How can we work together?
- Hopes and fears?
Why are we here?…
Key drivers of nature loss:
- Intensive
agriculture
- Infrastructure + building - Climate change
Why is this so important?
- $125 trillion = nature’s annual value
- 6 of top ten business risks climate and nature related
- Customers, employees, public increasingly expect action
Situation in Herefordshire…
- Rivers
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downgraded
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Landscape Recovery Schemes
- House building targets - LNRS - opportunity? - USPs? Nature, food, farming
Nature recovery at scale…
Taking action…
Supporting business take action for nature
https://naturesworkforce.org.uk/
Examples of action….
Examples of action….
Connecting staff with nature:
Wild Wellbeing Days at Queenswood
Advice on managing your outside space for wildlife – from meadow management and tree planting to bird boxes and wildlife-friendly planting schemes.
Wild Work days on our nature reserves –available to corporate members as a team day; staff can use their volunteering days with us
One idea I’m going to takeaway…
Act on next week / next month / by the end of 2024?
Key questions…
• How are we manging our own land?
• What is the impact of our supply chain?
• How can we take action to influence decision makers and policy?
Action Area 1:
If you own or manage land
Biodiversity survey
Land management plan
Create nature corridors
Wildlife friendly gardens
Improve a local green space
Action Area 2: Assess supply chain
….products, ingredients, fibres, manufacturing, packaging waste
Action Area 3: Influence decision makers
Demand REAL action for the River Wye
Next steps…. HWT corporate offer