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Grow Me the Money

Running your business doesn't have to cost the earth

Grow Me The Money is an exciting joint initiative of Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) and EPA Victoria designed to improve the environmental impact of Victorian businesses. In a time of drought, climate change and increasing public awareness of environmental issues, your business can make a real difference by making simple changes in the workplace.

Grow Me The Money will help your business;

  • cut water use
  • cut energy use
  • cut waste
  • save money

Who can get involved?

All Victorian businesses are eligible to sign up to the free Grow Me The Money program and take a lead in establishing sustainable business practices. Whether you are a small, medium or large business, Grow Me The Money has something for you.

If you want to know how to improve the environmental and economic sustainability of your business, Grow Me The Money can help you.

If your business is already making changes or you have particular experience or expertise that you’d like to share, we want to hear from you too! Visit www.growmethemoney.com.au

Potential benefits to your business

  • Cost savings from reduced consumption of natural resources
  • Access to support and services from our expert technical and financial program partners
  • Improved productivity from changes to your business processes
  • New ideas, advice and business networks
  • Opportunities to meet potential service providers and business mentors
  • Improved engagement with your staff as they take pride in working for an environmentally sustainable business

Creating a competitive advantage

  • Gain customer recognition for improved environmental sustainability
  • Enjoy positive publicity in local and wider media
  • Position your business ahead of your competitors as a leader in sustainable business practice

Grow Me The Money steps up a gear

Tuesday 10 April saw the launch by Treasurer John Brumby and Former Environment Minister John Thwaites of a statewide advertising campaign, directing people to the new Grow Me the Money web portal, that gives Victorian businesses of all sizes access to information, tools, support and rewards for ensuring that running their businesses 'doesn't cost the earth'.

Also speaking at the launch event were EPA Chairman Mick Bourke, VECCI CEO Neil Coulson, Grow Me the Money Program Director Kate Nicolazzo and Nick Rowley, former Senior Policy Adviser on Sustainability and Climate Change to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Other elements of the Grow Me the Money campaign that were announced at the launch included:

  • a series of regional stakeholder forums to run throughout 2007 educating businesses around Victoria about Grow Me The Money and how to improve their environmental performance and save their business money
  • latest statistics from a recent survey tracking the environmental attitudes and practices of Victorian businesses
  • a recognition program to acknowledge the effort and achievement of participating businesses.

 

Left to right: EPA Chairman Mick Bourke, Environment Minister John Thwaites, Treasurer John Brumby and VECCI CEO Neil Coulson. Left to right: Environment Minister John Thwaites and Treasurer John Brumby.

Left to right: EPA Chairman Mick Bourke, former Environment Minister John Thwaites, then Treasurer John Brumby and VECCI CEO Neil Coulson.

Left to right: Former Environment Minister John Thwaites and then Treasurer John Brumby.

More information

Hear soundbytes from the launch event:

Read the media coverage of the launch (Adobe PDF file, 774KB)

For more information about the program, contct:

Grow Me The Money
VECCI
Ground floor, 486 Albert Street
East Melbourne, VIC 3002
Telephone: (03) 8662 5480
Send an email
Website: www.growmethemoney.com.au

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