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Reducing Your Carbon Footprint - Business

Help for local businesses to reduce your carbon footprint

Businesses, across Rushcliffe no matter the size can all influence what you do in order to reduce your carbon footprint.

 

Top tips to help your business become Carbon Clever:

  1. Switch to renewable energy backed by REGO (Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin) certificate
  2. Understand your energy use across the business, you could identify changes that are quick and easy to implement (such as lighting changes) that could add up top making a big difference
  3. Reduce your business mileage and have virtual meetings instead
  4. Try and keep your office at a constant comfortable temperature reducing the need for excess heat or cooling
  5. Think before you buy.  Are there ways to reduce what your business buys?
  6. Adapt your processes and go paperless!
  7. Reduce, reuse and recycle your waste!

Becoming more sustainable - writing your own Environmental Policy and Action Plan

Writing your own Environmental Policy and Action Plan

An Environmental Policy is a written statement outlining an organisation's mission to manage the environmental effects and aspects of its operations. If you haven’t done so already why not make that commitment today? Guidance and template documents are available under the related documents section.

Useful websites

Below are some helpful websites that offer businesses tips and advice on becoming more sustainable.

Business Green

Business Green - offering companies the latest news and best-practice advice on how to become more sustainable.

The Carbon Trust

The Carbon Trust - a not-for-profit company providing specialist support to help business cut their carbon emissions and save energy.

GOV.UK

The government's online resource for businesses.  The GOV.UK waste and environmental impact pages provides advice and tools to help you comply with legislation and regulations.

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency - a public body responsible for improving and protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development.

WRAP

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) - an independent not-for-profit company to help the circular economy. Visit the WRAP website for more information.

Other links

Business in Rushcliffe - a link to our business page.

 

 

Documents to download

Carbon Neutral 2030