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Green Economy
The Kingston Green Business Community (KGBC) is a forum for businesses and organisations committed to reducing their environmental impact, promoting sustainability, eco-innovating and thriving.
THINK GREEN roundtable discussions
Kingston Council, in partnership with Kingston Chamber of Commerce, invites all businesses in and around the borough to join our virtual roundtables, focusing on the opportunities from the transition to a green economy.
Upcoming THINK GREEN roundtable discussions
- Date tbc: THINK GREEN: Community Energy Opportunities. Hosted by Kingston Council and Kingston Chamber of Commerce
- Date tbc: THINK GREEN: Zero Waste. Hosted by Kingston Council and Kingston Chamber of Commerce
- Date tbc: THINK GREEN: Healthy & Green Workplaces. Hosted by Kingston Council and Kingston Chamber of Commerce
Past THINK GREEN roundtable discussions
- Catch up on our 14th roundtable which focused on fashion circularity, which took place on 26 June 2025.
- Catch up on our 13th roundtable which focused on ‘Simpler Recycling’ business legislation and took place on 26 February 2025. If you are interested in the food waste collection project mentioned in the recording, please contact business@kingston.gov.uk or andy.king@limetrack.earth. This is currently open to businesses in Kingston Town Centre and North Kingston.
- Our 12th roundtable focused on developing Kingston's circular economy and took place on 18 November 2024.
- Our 11th roundtable focused on the green economy and new technologies and took place on 10 September 2024.
- Catch up on our 10th roundtable which focused on how apprenticeships can help green businesses and took place on 7 February 2024.
- Our 9th roundtable focused on the circular economy and took place on 28 November 2023.
- Our 8th roundtable focused on Green Marketing and took place at Barwell Business Park on 28 September 2023.
- Catch up on our 7th roundtable which focused on communicating your environmental achievements, which took place in February 2023.
- Catch up on our 6th roundtable which focused on how to go green and thrive, which took place in October 2022.
- Catch up on our 5th roundtable which focused on taking your next green steps, which took place in May 2022.
- Catch up on our 4th roundtable which focused on businesses in the grocery sector, which took place in February 2022.
- Catch up on our 3rd roundtable which focused on businesses becoming Net Zero, which took place in November 2021.
- Catch up on our 2nd roundtable which focused on business opportunities from decarbonising transport, which took place in September 2021.
- Catch up on our 1st Green Economy roundtable, hosted in partnership with Kingston Chamber of Commerce in May 2021.
