"A transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy (will lead to) considerable opportunities for those countries and businesses with the foresight to seize them."
The Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance, DEFRA, 2007

Support for the UK's large and growing environmental industry has been a key activity for UK CEED since its foundation. The industry encompasses diverse activities ranging from the provision of end of pipe pollution control and monitoring equipment to the development of cleaner technologies, materials and processes. UK CEED's programme focuses on:

• market analysis and business support
• developing and promoting sector skills
• supporting supply chain development
• encouraging inward investment and trade
• catalysing innovation and the development of new technologies.

Current and recent projects include:

• Envirocluster Initiative
• LDA Project on London's Environmental Markets
• BERR/Nesta Project on Innovation in Environmental Services
• EnviroDaq
• National environment industry mapping project for the DTI
• Regional sector support activities
• The Centre for Sustainable Engineering
• EcoEast Magazine
• Service Sector Innovation