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Join us to help accelerate action on Greater Manchester’s five-year environment plan.

Monday 17th October 2022
The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays

Now in its fifth year, Greater Manchester’s Green Summit 2022 will be held at The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays on Monday 17th October, hosted by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

This year, the summit will seek input from businesses, policymakers, local communities and industry on how the city-region should accelerate action on its five-year environment plan, rising to the key environmental challenges facing it from implementing new policy and future innovations to industry adaptation and individual lifestyle changes.

The event will also focus on engaging young people around climate change. A youth-specific event strand will be held during the Green Summit, to be opened by the Mayor.

The Green Summit offers a great opportunity to meet and network with people who are determined to drive change and help the city-region meet its ambitious goals for the environment, with networking and exhibition stands open until the end of the event.

Please note: all tickets for Greater Manchester Green Summit 2022 are now sold out! Thanks to everyone who has registered to attend – we look forward to seeing you on the day.

Didn’t manage to get a ticket? Don’t despair! We’ll be live streaming the main sessions right here on the Green City website for you to get involved wherever you are.

Event programme and agenda

Download the full event programme for our agenda, session previews and exhibitor listings.

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Green Summit: Progress and priorities

Lyric Auditorium

Carly McLachlan, Tyndall Centre   You can view our most recent Five-Year Environment Plan performance overview here.

Green Summit: Natural Environment thematic session

Lyric Auditorium

Hear the latest progress against the five main themes of Greater Manchester’s Five Year Environment Plan, including where we are now, where we need to be, the barriers to accelerating […]

Green Summit: Transport thematic session

Lyric Auditorium

Hear the latest progress against the five main themes of Greater Manchester’s Five-Year Environment Plan, including where we are now, where we need to be, the barriers to accelerating change […]

Green Summit: Low Carbon thematic session

Lyric Auditorium

Hear the latest progress against the five main themes of Greater Manchester’s Five-Year Environment Plan, including where we are now, where we need to be, the barriers to accelerating change […]

Green Summit: Circular Economy & Waste thematic session

Lyric Auditorium

Hear the latest progress against the five main themes of Greater Manchester’s Five-Year Environment Plan, including where we are now, where we need to be, the barriers to accelerating change […]

Green Summit: Sustainable Lifestyles thematic session

Lyric Auditorium

Hear the latest progress against the five main themes of Greater Manchester’s Five-Year Environment Plan, including where we are now, where we need to be, the barriers to accelerating change […]

Green Summit: Lunch

Served in each of our exhibition zones around the venue – grab some lunch on the go!

Green Summit: Interactive exhibition zones

Five interactive exhibition zones will showcase solutions, stimulate debate and capture new ideas as to how Greater Manchester can accelerate change against its Five-Year Environment Plan. Open from 1:20pm until […]

Follow our Green Summit preview content

In the weeks running up to the event we are publishing a wide range of blogs and previews here on the Green City website to help get delegates thinking – click here to find out more.

Our Sponsors

A big thank you to all our sponsors for helping make the Greater Manchester Green Summit possible.

Green Summit 2021

Take a look back at Green Summit 2021 with sessions, speakers and a recording of the main stage.

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Take action…

To make a big change, we must all take small actions. Becoming greener and making an impact is easier than you might think. We have put together a range of blogs, articles, toolkits and checklists to help you make a start.

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Although we set out with a simple mission to reduce plastic waste, we’ve quickly realised that it’s just one piece in the sustainability puzzle. One of the biggest, but most easily attainable actions we can achieve is to look at where our goods come from and reduce the carbon footprint needed to get a product from manufacturer to consumer. Many of the products we stock are made by local, independent manufactures, who provide us with a wide range of things from reusable face wipes, wax food wraps, face coverings, soap bars, plant pots, kitchen cloths/sponges and butty bags.

Carl from Lentils and Lather

Our aim is to start changing the habits of families in Greater Manchester by getting them to ‘borrow’ rather than ‘buy’ brand new toys. We’re making sure that toys can be reused again and again by children who need and want them – and they are not just sitting in a cupboard or under someone’s bed.

Kim from That Toy Thing

The best part of upcycling is that old furniture is often better made than the equivalent flat-packed furniture we get today and with a little bit of time, love and care, you can create a completely unique piece of furniture for your home that no one else will have. I also love that these pieces of furniture have a history of their own and through transforming and updating them we can breathe a new lease of life into them.

Hannah from Tread Softly

The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is providing a further boost to the ambitions of the Great Manchester Wetlands Partnership to create a thriving, inspirational and connected landscape. It supports the recovery of wildlife through habitat creation and improvement as well as community recovery through providing opportunities for local people to develop skills, knowledge and beneficial connections to their local natural environment.

Jo Kennedy, Coordinator of the Great Manchester Wetlands Partnership

The reason I signed up to the Green Homes Grant scheme was two-fold, selfishly the measures will add value to the properties and make them more valuable in the future. But more importantly it benefits the tenants, keeping them warmer and prevents problems like damp and condensation. Ultimately measures like external wall insulations should keep tenants happier and ensure they remain in the house for longer.

Neil, Rochdale property owner

We used to think we didn’t have enough time to shop on our local market because we were working; how wrong we were?  We discovered it is an amazing place to shop for plastic free. We swapped tea bags for tea leaves and coffee jars for beans which we buy from The Market Grounds on Ashton Market – well worth a visit as the homemade cakes are delicious. All the stall holders have been amazing, not one of them minds us taking our containers to be filled with meat from the butchers. We get our bread, cheese, fruit and veg from the market too.

Julie from Ashton-under-Lyne

Kat Mulhall, Events Manager at Victoria Baths Trust in Manchester

Although becoming carbon neutral is important to our organisation, it’s a lot of work for a small team to put the measures into place. The Journey to Net Zero course has given me practical, step-by-step advice that has made it easy for me to lay the foundations for our organisation to be able to take action and achieve our goal of becoming carbon neutral.

Kat Mulhall, Events Manager at Victoria Baths Trust in Manchester

Kat Mulhall, Events Manager at Victoria Baths Trust in Manchester

The Business Growth Hub has given us focus and extra knowledge. They’ve helped us form the base to grow sustainably and work efficiently as a team while making us conscious of our environmental impact as a business.

 

Ollie Birchall, Founder of Nutri Bar

I’ve not really been a cyclist throughout my life, more of a runner to be honest. And certainly not commuted. But I just thought if I’m going to change, surely now is the moment to change. I’m feeling the personal benefits of doing it. You just feel better when you come into work. It clears your head. There are benefits of cutting congestion, cleaning up the air. Everyone benefits when people cycle.

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester

We think our water fountain is INCREDIBLE, it’s the perfect place for people to ‘refill’ and help themselves to any of the free edibles we’ve got growing in Market Place. We’re so grateful to all the organisations that helped make this happen. Alongside the plastic free motion that was passed by council and helped us achieve our first Surfers Against Sewage objective and in turn our Plastic Free Community status, it shows real commitment in reducing plastic waste and supporting our community.

 

Pete Fillery, Plastic Free Rammy and Incredible Edible Ramsbottom

I guess I’ve always been what you would call a conscious consumer. I’ve always detested plastic bags, all of my skin care products at home are plastic-free, vegan, and sustainable. My toothbrush is made of bamboo, there’s no plastic anywhere in the house. Everything in the salon has to be vegan – that was the first rule for me. We started with one brand of haircare products that was vegan, organic, and Fairtrade, but the distributor in the UK was wrapping all of the deliveries in plastic, and it felt really needless, so we ditched them.

 

Rachael, Gronn eco-salon in Bury

Although becoming carbon neutral is important to our organisation, it’s a lot of work for a small team to put the measures into place. The Journey to Net Zero course has given me practical, step-by-step advice that has made it easy for me to lay the foundations for our organisation to be able to take action and achieve our goal of becoming carbon neutral.

 

Kat Mulhall, Victoria Baths Trust, Manchester

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