Patric Bulmer, Head of Environment Strategy, Bristol Water

摘要

When Bristol was awarded the status of European Green Capital for 2015 by the European Commission, it was both recognition of the environmental work already going on in the city, and a challenge for businesses and organisations across multiple sectors to raise these efforts to a new level. It was also third time lucky for the bidding team - with Bristol losing out to Nantes in 2013 and Copenhagen in 2014 -and so the city's authorities were well-prepared and well positioned to do exactly that. With water playing a vital part of any city's environment, Patric Bulmer of Bristol Water was a key player in presenting Bristol's bid to Brussels and has chaired the Green Capital Water Group responsible for delivering associated initiatives in the water sphere. He said that while the status of Green Capital did not come with a pot of money, it has provided a valuable impetus for all the city's stakeholders to work together on environmental initiatives, and for businesses in particular to come on board.