Resource-smart business: energy seminar for companies

How can energy smartness become a competitive advantage? The focus is on cost-effectiveness, operational continuity and sales arguments. This is a practical seminar rather than a lecture: you think through your company's energy use and risks and look for places to make smarter choices.

You will learn about resource efficiency (ways to cut energy use and costs); managing risks linked to energy, including business risks and dependencies; raising competitiveness by making energy topics work for your sales and strength; the role of energy in greenhouse gas emissions and how to supply the CO2 data banks and B2B clients ask for; and how to put plans into practice (involvement, awareness, motivation, supply chain). You also get a checklist of good practices to assess where your company stands, and you draft a short- and long-term action plan with metrics for energy saving.

The seminar is run by Sustinere, a sustainable growth consultancy whose team of 15 experts helps mainly Baltic companies develop business models, strategies, products and services with regard to environmental impact, climate-related risks and value chains.

Schedule: 09:30 gathering and coffee; 10:00 seminar; 11:15 break; 11:30 seminar; 13:00 lunch (at participants' own cost); 13:45 seminar; 15:00 visit to a company; 17:00 end. Trainers: Marko Siller and Mariliis Teppo (Sustinere). Free snacks at the coffee break. Registration open until 15 November 2026.

The seminar is part of "Resource-smart business: waste, energy and water", run and supported by the City of Pärnu. Other sessions: waste seminar on 12 November, smart water use on 3 December.

Thursday 19 November, 09:30–17:00, Hestia Hotel Strand (Pirita hall), A. H. Tammsaare puiestee 35, Pärnu.