what you can do about climate change
your journey to zero carbon starts here
The question is, what can we do? It’s our job to help you answer that question.
Let’s start with WHY you need to take action . . . and why you most likely need help.
- Energy prices are going through the roof, and new tariffs and taxes will make things worse.
- By cutting your power consumption, you cut costs and cut your emissions.
- It's no longer too expensive to 'go green', it's affordable and necessary.
- Survival depends on adaptation, not on an unnattainable notion of 'sustainability'. Your strategy needs to reflect this.
- There is a growing list of regulations and reporting requirements you need to comply with.
- Your customers expect you to have a carbon reduction plan in place.
- You have a responsibility to your people to consider their best interests in adapting to a constantly changing situation.
- It offers you an ethical marketing opportunity.
It’s not necessary to fret about ‘net zero’. Reducing your environmental impact and carbon footprint is a process, not a one-off event. Solutions are not always apparent and it takes time. Furthermore, ‘offsetting’ is a spurious means of achieving a low carbon operation. It’s not credible and it’s not even necessary.
your climate adaptation strategy
Your road map to zero carbon should be based on a robust assessment of your particular circumstances and on the nature of your organisation, crafting a strategy which aligns the needs of your business with the needs of the planet.
This is the HOW . . .
1 - measure your impacts
- Environmental impact assessment
Carbon footprinting is a good start, but there is more to it than that.
Start by converting your energy consumption into equivalent measures of CO2 emissions for your premises and your products. But much of our impact is out of sight, up and down the supply chain, and, depending on the nature of your business, possibly in other parts of the world. This demands a thorough assessment. Your impacts are more than ‘just’ emissions.
2 - reduce your emissions
- Cut consumption, cut carbon, cut costs
Use our Smart Energy Solutions methodology to identify what to change and set out your roadmap.
By means of a clever combination of smart technology and innovation, we work with you to identify which Smart Energy Solution will deliver the highest reduction in carbon, consumption, and costs for your business. We enable you to pay for your chosen solution through the savings generated by the solution itself, without any additional upfront cost.
3 - restore biodiversity
- Support nature based solutions
Land use change, and loss of habitats and biodiversity, are the other side of the climate change coin.
Restoring biodiversity and reconnecting with nature are important tools in the climate armoury. Even in urban and commercial settings, there are plenty of opportunities, from planting trees to rewilding unused spaces, nurturing wildlife corridors and sequestering carbon directly on site. It’s also important to review your procurement and supply chain for hidden impacts.
smart energy solutions
From a quick – and free – survey of your premises and utility bills, we’ll recommend one or more of a long list of ‘best of breed’ technologies.
- Air and ground source heat pumps
- Biomass systems
- Combined Heat & Power Plants
- Fuel cells
- Electric vehicle charging units
- Factory & device monitoring solutions
- Smart metering and monitoring
- LED retrofitting
- Solar PV systems
- Hydrogen technology
- Voltage optimisation
- Wind turbines
- Refrigeration
- Water and effluent management systems
We will also interrogate more than 50 energy suppliers to make sure you’re on the most appropriate tariff. Not forgetting often unbudgeted utilities such as water, communications and server systems.
Research papers
It’s a feature of our work to carry out in depth research in order to provide detailed information to help guide important decisions.
Click the links to download examples of our research as free pdf files.
training and awareness
Help your staff learn their role in climate adaptation, and how they will be affected. Click the image to download more details.
