OUR JOURNEY SO FAR 2004 - THE JOURNEY BEGINS In 2004 Alan Bailey sets up the Bristol Environmental Technology Sector (BETS)—an initiative designed to help promote sustainability among businesses in the South West. This starts the longstanding Future Leap structure of running events and bringing organisations together to reduce their environmental impact and make sustainability a financially viable prospect in the region. 2010 - LOW CARBON SOUTH WEST After six years of operations, BETS merges with the sustainability network from the University of Bath’s Innovation Centre to form Low Carbon South West, a Community Interest Company (CIC) that hopes to put the South West on the map as a UK hub for the green industries sector. 7