Working in partnership with regional firms and public sector bodies, we focus on tackling the things that really matter in our region to drive prosperity for our communities and businesses.
Our members include 18 local authorities and the West Midlands Combined Authority, nine local enterprise partnerships and our region’s 20 world-class universities. We also work with a rapidly growing number of private sector partners, collaborating and investing together to achieve our shared aims for regional success.
Together, we make sure the Midlands voice is heard and act as a positive agent for economic, social and environmental change, to benefit every single part of our region. We do this through shared intent, collaborative investment and presenting a strong, unified voice, direct to government.
Our TenPoint Plan for Green Growth in the Midlands Engine sets out, with a unified voice, the actions to be taken in partnership which will accelerate our region’s and the UK’s path to net zero. Together, we can drive collective action today to safeguard the environment for future generations.
Exceptional work in low carbon is already underway across our vast Midlands Engine partnership landscape, making the Midlands a leading location for green growth. But the potential for more is phenomenal. Under the plan, the Midlands region will act as a centre for excellence in new technologies and clean fuels, such as hydrogen, as we complement existing partner initiatives and capitalise on the wealth of economic opportunities presented by the shift to low carbon.
Read the latest reports on Green Growth as our region makes its way towards net zero.
Developed by the Midlands Engine Observatory, this interactive tool brings our region’s green growth assets to life.
The Natural Capital Monitor places a value on our region’s natural assets so that we can better protect them.
Green Growth
Jul 12 2022
Lapwing Energy Ltd, the renewable energy division of The Lapwing Estate - a 5th generation food and farming business, has announced the start of a world first demonstrator of its “Reverse Coal” concept supported by the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy through the phase 2 of the Direct Air Capture and other Greenhouse Gas Removal program.
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Economic Opportunities
Jun 15 2022
In a Westminster Hall Debate held yesterday (14 June), Darren Henry, Co-Chair of the Midlands Engine APPG and MP for Broxtowe, highlighted the exceptional potential of the Midlands Engine Hydrogen Technologies Strategy for our region.
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Green Growth
Apr 14 2022
Midlands Engine Green Growth Champions, in partnership with national law firm Browne Jacobson, Djanogly City Academy and independent think tank, New Local, recently delivered a session with a difference at the Stronger Things 2022 Conference which focuses on transforming the work of public sector bodies in the UK.
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