Small Business Advice on Net Zero: Discovery Phase
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UK Business Climate Hub coalition
The coalition is managed by the Broadway Initiative. Members of the coalition include:
British Business Bank
British Chambers of Commerce
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Electricity North West
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
HSBC UK
Institute of Environmental
Management and Assessment (IEMA)
Institute of Directors (IoD)
Make UK
NatWest
National Grid
Northern Powergrid
Sage
Practical advice and support
The UK Business Climate Hub portal gives small and medium size businesses free, objective, clear and easy to follow advice and support on how to get started and get ahead of the Net Zero targets.
The portal’s design and content was initially based on the findings of an 8-week 'discovery phase' to better understand the small business context, understand what motivates or deters different kinds of small businesses in reducing their carbon footprint, and identify what they need to transition to net zero more quickly. You can
read the discovery report here.
Working with Chambers of Commerce
A December 2022 webinar was held to provide information about the partnership with local Chambers of Commerce to support businesses to reduce energy costs and progress towards net zero is available,
Speakers included:
The event covered the following topics:
Developing a free energy efficiency advice module
In response to the current energy crisis, the UK Business Climate Hub is developing a free advice module focused on energy efficiency to help SMEs make immediate and longer-term changes to reduce costs, enhance business resilience and reduce emissions. In May 2022, an event was held to give an early road-test of the module.
The event attracted a great line-up of guest speakers and panelists including:
Policy framework for small business
Through its work on
National Frameworks , Broadway has released a report that considers how the Net Zero Strategy can help SMEs overcome the challenges and benefit from the opportunities in transitioning to net zero.
Key people
Chris Taylor
Zero Carbon Lead
Broadway Initiative
Padma Gillen
Content Strategy Lead
Llibertat
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