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Fronesys in winning consortium for WRAP framework contract

3 June 2013

Fronesys is pleased to announce that our consortium (Fronesys and its partners Advancing Sustainability, as consortium leader, and Sustain) has won a WRAP Framework Contract (FRA052 Resource Efficiency in Products) through which we can provide a tailored support package advising on a range of issues from accessing finance to marketing and business strategy.

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) is a not-for-profit private company backed by funding from the Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and others.

In this area, Fronesys focuses its work on:

  • reducing waste
  • driving greater resource productivity
  • positioning UK businesses to better address emerging resource security/scarcity issues in the future
  • helping reduce the environmental impacts of our production and consumption in both the UK and abroad

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