The Prince's Mayday Network

Sector Initiatives

We all know that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and the Mayday team are proud to be working with sector initiatives who are pooling their efforts in tailored collaborative initiatives, and moving even further to tackle climate change together. Sector initiatives can take the form of a one-off gathering or a longer-term collaboration and manifest in a number of ways  Below is a list of current climate change sector collaborations.

The legal sector – Legal Sector Alliance
The Legal Sector Alliance is an inclusive movement of over 140 law firms and organisations committed to working collaboratively to take action on climate change by reducing their carbon footprint and adopting environmentally sustainable practices. Visit the website »

The insurance sector – ClimateWise Principles
ClimateWise is the insurance industry initiative through which members work individually and collectively to pro-actively reduce the societal and economic risks associated with climate change. Members include leading international brands from across the industry.

ClimateWise was launched in September 2007 and all members commit to principles in six key areas. These cover climate risk analysis, public policy, climate awareness amongst customers, investment strategies and the impact of their business operations. Members also commit to independent public reporting against all of these commitments. Visit the website »

The pension fund sector - The P8 Group
The P8 Group brings together senior officials from leading public pension funds to develop actions relating to global issues and particularly climate change.  It is convened by the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL) and The Prince of Wales’s Business and Environment Programme (BEP). Visit the website »

The food and drink sector - Five-fold Environmental Ambition
The Food and Drink Federation launched its Five-fold Environmental Ambition in October 2007.  It has committed, on behalf of its members, to make a significant contribution to improving the environment by targeting those areas where it felt it could make the biggest difference. Visit the website »

Bus and coach sector - Greener Journeys
Bus and coach operators are working hard up and down the country to achieve CO2 savings through low carbon vehicles, fuel efficient driving, improved energy efficiency, renewable energy and alternative fuels. Visit the website »

The Marketing Society
The Marketing Society is a not-for-profit organisation owned by its members, with over 2500 senior marketers. The Society challenges its members to be bolder marketing leaders by supporting the development of leading-edge thinking, and promoting the evidence of effective marketing and the green agenda. Visit the website »

Carbon Consensus - Property Development
The Carbon Consensus is a set of 5 principles developed by 11 organisations involved in major property development and carbon reduction in new buildings.

The Consensus provides an approach to thinking about carbon and energy in new construction which signatories will apply. It prioritises focusing on the carbon benefits and results, sharing experience between all parties, and developing baseline data and better reporting through open dialogue. We welcome further signatories. If you would like to find out more, please contact BITC by email at info@bitc.org.uk or call on 020 7566 8650.

If you are part of a great sector initiative that isn’t listed, or would like help in starting one, please get in touch with Lauren Sandler by email at lauren.sandler@bitc.org.uk.