The Tees Valley Green Business Network is led by a range of local organisations with an interest in supporting businesses and encouraging improved environmental performance.

As the environment attracts more attention, as costs such as waste and energy rise and as major purchasers and the public scrutinise environmental credentials, it is increasingly important for businesses to look at their environmental performance.

The Tees Valley Green Business Network has been set up to help businesses find the information they need to take advantage of the commercial benefits that exist.

GREEN home energy installers in the Tees Valley are preparing for an influx of orders after the Government anounced an ultra-cheap loan scheme today.

THE first shipment of bioethanol has been despatched by Europe’s largest wheat refinery on Teesside.

HUNDREDS more jobs could be coming to the North-east with the creation of a £100m wind turbine research centre.

SHADOW energy minister Greg Clark has accused the Government of leaving it too late to reap all the benefits from the green energy revolution predicted for the region.

A PROJECT to turn brownfield blots on Teesside into sites for energy crops is showing the first green shoots of commercialisation.

TEESSIDE engineering giant, Aker Solutions, has secured a £115m green-energy contract.

A GREEN inovation organisation in Tees Valley is helping to bring a pioneering diesel process to the UK.

PLANS by British Airways to build an eco-friendly jet fuel plant by 2014 have been welcomed as a huge step forward by Tees Valley green chiefs.