The coalition, which is currently hosted by Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East (VONNE), is working toward making the North East, ‘England’s Greenest Region’ following its launch.
A report released by the Manufacturing Technologies Association stated that the necessary move to green could create up to 90,000 new jobs in UK manufacturing and a further 83,000 jobs in supply chains, adding up to £20bn to GDP.
Tim Bailey, Head of Practice at Xsite Architecture and member of Developing Consensus, said: “It’s crucial that we take a collaborative approach to climate change and one of the fundamental reasons for this is to secure the future of our next generation. The built environment has never had this level of insecurity mapped onto it and although I don’t think we can solve the problem of climate change, we can be the start of the solution.”
