Sustainable Business Networking Program

A developing network for sustainable businesses in the Scenic Rim Region encouraging the promotion of sustainability and helping to develop the resilience of our local economy through sustainable enterprise

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If you are participating in the Building Sustainable Small Business program (workshops or mentoring/training/leadership program) or if you already own, operate or manage an ecologically-sustainable business we invite you to:

Network with your small business colleagues and peers
Promote your business throughout the shire and region
Support the growth of sustainable small business in our region
Help develop the resilience of our shire’s local economy through sustainable enterprise.

Through the Building Sustainable Small Business program, a number of sustainable business information and promotional tools are being created for our region. You and your business can be part of these:

Building Sustainable Small Business website and resource library (online now with resource library in ongoing development)
Creation of a region-wide Sustainable Business Network (ongoing)
Development of an online region-wide Sustainable Business Directory – to be launched late 2008
Involvement in the annual Beaudesert Eco Expo to showcase local, sustainable small businesses

Opportunities and Benefits for your business

Running a small business can be a lonely, isolated job at times. We all know the benefits of sharing ideas, resources, learnings and workloads but there never seems to be enough time to get the networking ball rolling.

That’s where the Building Sustainable Small Business Program can help you and your business, because our job is to form the network and develop the tools so you can step straight in and reap the benefits:

Collaboration and synergy between local, small businesses – learn from each others’ experiences and sucesses
Promote your business to new customers across the Shire and region
Support the creation of a clean and green shire that supports small business
Build relationships with local government leaders and help to grow sustainable local enterprise in the shire
Access information and tools about sustainability that are relevant to your small business
Be part of a network of small businesses that together can transform our region.

Find out more and register for the program...