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Impact
BE-ST delivers significant economic and social benefit
Creating value
Together with our funders, we have set ambitious goals to ensure every pound invested in BE-ST is returned several-fold by our social and economic impact. Our work creates economic opportunities for business through new products, services and processes.
We help to make businesses more productive and resilient and we work with the sector to make it a better place in which to work and thrive.
Since we began:
Our progress
484
Projects supported
185
Phase 2 programmes & projects
£
14.7
m
Investment from industry
£
31.7
m
Investment from Public sector
£
57.1
m
Total project value
Industry forecast
Industry estimated impact of BE-ST projects over next 5 years
Industry estimated impact of BE-ST projects over next 5 years
£
1.8
b
Additional revenue
£
19.7
m
Cost savings
5703
Jobs safeguarded
5286
Jobs created
386
New products implemeneted
227
New services delivered to market
156
Business models implemented
119
Public services improved
81
New international markets entered
Our pledge
- A built environment that produces zero carbon emissions
- A sector that is data rich and digitally enabled
- Safeguarding of existing jobs & businesses and creating new green jobs & businesses
- Greater supply chain resilience
- Talent attraction, improved education pathways and a highly skilled workforce
- Attraction of inward investment and enabling of businesses to export
- More impact from academic investment and help increase business investment in innovation and R&
- Green economic growth across all sectors underpinned by a vibrant and sustainable construction and built environment ecosystem
- Eradication of fuel poverty and tackle health inequalities
- More efficient use of public investment and support a just transition.
- Diverse talent attraction and retention
- Better places for Scotland’s citizens to live, work and explore
Our most impactful projects
Transforming Timber
115,000 tonnes of CO2 estimated to be saved
Edinburgh Homes Demonstrator
£30m increase in revenues projected over the next 5 years
All figures true as of June 2023