Calling all Island businesses and industries. Can you make changes to your business premises or the way you manage your work and environment to make space for wildlife on the edge?
With one in six species of UK wildlife at risk of extinction, Island Nature’s upcoming and free seminar can help set the scene and provide you with the tools you need to get started.
Everyone can play a vital role
Business and industry, like all parts of Island life, can play a vital role in nature recovery. Whether you run an office, hotel, shop, factory, or work from home, you can take action for wildlife.
This isn’t just about meeting obligations, it’s about making smart choices for your business, joining a growing movement that is reconnecting the human and natural worlds in the places we share, and showing the everyday commitment to wildlife now expected by regulators, investors, insurers, and customers.
Helping businesses make the right choices for nature
The Island Nature Business Seminar will set out a brief introduction to the Isle of Wight’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy as well as outlining practical actions.
Ian Boyd from The Common Space said,
“Simple changes to everyday business life and spaces can make all the difference to the survival of wildlife – planters or plant choices, bird and bat boxes, reducing or switching off office lighting for darker skies and nocturnal wildlife, when or where you mow… right through to pocket-parking your carpark, making nature provision in new development and on to advocacy and knowledge-sharing beyond the Island.
“We have a plan on the Island that helps all sectors identify priority species and actions through the government’s national Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) network. This dovetails with the Island’s Growth and Prosperity Plan too, with a focus on nature-based routes to employment and nature investment zones.
“Together, the upcoming Island Nature seminar and toolkit, using the core principles and actions set out in the Isle of Wight Local Nature Recovery Strategy, aim to help businesses make the right choices for nature and contribute to making the Isle of Wight a better place for wildlife, people and investment.”
We hope you can join The Common Space, the Isle of Wight Council, Green Impact Scheme, IW Chamber of Commerce and others to find out more about how your business can work for wildlife.
The Island Nature Businesses for Biodiversity Seminar
- Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 12pm – 1.30pm
- Quay Arts – Seminar Room, Newport PO30
Join us for this free lunchtime session to find out about the Isle of Wight’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy and the simple actions your business can take for Island Nature.
To book your space, contact Claire Hector at [email protected].
Please note that this is a ‘B(uy) Your Own refreshments from the Quay’s excellent cafe’ event!
News shared by Claire on behalf of The Common Space. Ed
