UK CEED’s mission is to support the growth and development of the environmental/cleantech sectors and to promote the economic benefits of sound environmental practice.
Our strategy covers several key areas:
Growth & Development
provision of specific one-to-one and collective business support
Innovation Support
one-to-one, tools, finance, partnership, cluster innovation programmes
Internationalisation
market intelligence, brokerage, trips/missions, expertise, travel grants
Knowledge & Intelligence
sharing knowledge, better academic links, intelligence on new markets
Promotion
of British cleantech companies/expertise/capabilities/facilities – inward investment
Investment
secure funding for cluster programmes and specific companies, including VCs/angels
Skills
creation of skilled workforce, plugging gaps, anticipation of future skills demands
Engagement
networking and facilitation of collaboration between cleantech stakeholder members
Policy advice and recommendation
lobbying, provision of policy recommendations to government
Why are we doing this?
There are several reasons as to why UK CEED was established in 1984 and why we are supporting the environmental/cleantech sector. The reasons are both environmental and economic and include:
Climate Change & Environmental Protection
mitigating and adapting for the effects of climate change and to protect the environment
Resource Security
to support the move to plentiful, sustainable and less environmentally-damaging energy sources
Economic Development
creating jobs and economic wealth in the UK
Inward Investment
attracting new high growth cleantech businesses to the UK for economic growth and environmental solutions
Competitiveness
increasing the national and international competitiveness of UK cleantech companies
