{"id":1651,"date":"2005-09-30T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-30T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/09\/30\/springboard-offers-funds-for-thinking-green\/"},"modified":"2005-09-30T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-30T15:14:00","slug":"springboard-offers-funds-for-thinking-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/springboard-offers-funds-for-thinking-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Springboard Offers Funds for &#8220;Thinking Green&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the UK&#8217;s Evening Times, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eveningtimes.co.uk\/hi\/news\/5043921.html\">report<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shellspringboard.org.uk\/\">Springboard fund<\/a>, designed to support green innovation by companies in Scotland and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Organised by Shell, Springboard will provide a financial boost for firms which create a product or an idea which is innovative, will lead to greenhouse gas reductions and is commercially viable.<\/p>\n<p>Awards of between \u00a320,000 and \u00a340,000 will be made in early 2006 and six businesses will then be chosen for further recognition&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The idea behind the fund is that the business response to climate change need not be all about compliance and cost.<\/p>\n<p>For those with vision, society&#8217;s need to reduce emissions can also be seen as a positive business opportunity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While sustainablog readers don&#8217;t need to be reminded of that last point, I&#8217;m glad to see the private sector in Great Britain getting behind this concept in such a tangible way.<\/p>\n<p>Categories: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/business\" rel=\"tag\">business<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/innovation\" rel=\"tag\">innovation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/green\" rel=\"tag\">green<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/climate+change\" rel=\"tag\">climate change<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/fund\" rel=\"tag\">fund<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/Great+Britain\" rel=\"tag\">Great Britain<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/Scotland\" rel=\"tag\">Scotland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/Northern+Ireland\" rel=\"tag\">Northern Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the UK&#8217;s Evening Times, a report on the Springboard fund, designed to support green innovation by companies in Scotland and Northern Ireland. 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