East Midlands Chamber aims to encourage businesses in the region to become greener. It has launched a Sustainable East Midlands initiative, along with sustainability forums and stages a summit each year. The campaign highlights the opportunities available to businesses, provides examples of organisations already successfully engaged in the low-carbon agenda and showcases the support available to those that want to learn more.

The chamber, which covers Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, aims to be the top of the league when it comes to helping businesses flourish. It is the leading business organisation in the East Midlands and the second-largest Chamber of Commerce in the country.

It helps its staff to flourish, too, by offering a range of benefits, from professional development opportunities to social events and away-days. After listening to employees, it has introduced wellbeing checks and established an events and social committee to boost camaraderie.

Staff are offered training, coaching, mentoring, job shadowing, study leave and corporate social responsibility activity days. They are given two paid days a year to volunteer. The chamber is a Disability Confident Leader and has an active equality diversity and inclusion network. It has also received a silver award from the Armed Forces Covenant.

The chambers offers employees 25 days' annual leave, plus their birthday. It has an agile-working policy and a rewards system to recognise exceptional members of the team.