Greening up the economy is now turning to the environment, with Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce embracing the Energy Estuary’s ambition to become the world’s first net-zero carbon industrial cluster.
At the organisation’s annual meeting later this month, it will make a £1,000 donation to the Plant a Tree Today Foundation, while director, Dr Andrew Steel, who hails from East Hull, will be the speaker at the post-formality lunch.
Backing the One “Hull” of a Forest initiative follows support from Hull West and Hessle MP Emma Hardy, who will introduce Dr Steel, who will tell his audience why Hull is the least tree-featuring city in the 海角视频, why it matters, and what is being done to plant more trees on both sides of the Humber.
The event will take place at Hull’s KCOM Stadium from noon on Friday, February 28, and Dr Steel is keen to highlight the foundation’s projects in northern Lincolnshire too.
Dr Steel said: “Trees not only help the environment, but they also give us the oxygen we need to breathe and provide a natural habitat for lots of wildlife.
“New woodland and good management can also help to achieve flood alleviation, which is particularly relevant to the Humber, and a person’s proximity to trees can significantly reduce mental health issues and anti-social behaviour”.
In his early career, Dr Steel served in the Royal Navy training as an engineer before working at a refinery in Asia. He then turned over a new leaf in deciding to help change the world “one tree at a time”. He now intends to put the Humber back on the map for its reforestation efforts as part of the Government’s Northern Forest Initiative to plant 50 million trees along the M62 corridor.
The project aims to involve schools, businesses and the general public to increase woodland coverage.
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Chamber chief executive Dr Ian Kelly said: “We have a lot of heavy industry in and around the Humber Estuary, and I believe we all need to do our bit to reduce our carbon emissions and improve our environment.
“After the terrible floods across the country following the recent storms, there can be no doubt that global warming is affecting us now and we all need to do something about it.
“This is why we are opening up what is usually a Chamber members’ only event to any business which would like to join us for our lunch and hear more from Dr Steel.