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SME Climate Hub
The SME Climate Hub is a pioneering global initiative that aims to bring wider attention to the need for climate action and how cutting emissions can help businesses build resilience and grow.
Read about the SME Climate Hub here, (This link is for the UK branch of the Climate Hub. See the international homepage here.)
SME Carbon Footprint Calculator
The Carbon Footprint Calculator from the Carbon Trust has been designed to help UK based SMEs measure their corporate emission footprint following GHG Protocol Guidance, including direct emissions from fuel and processes (Scope 1 emissions) and those emissions from purchased electricity (or Scope 2 emissions) for the assets they operate.
If you are looking for more detail, this tool allows you to measure and report your organisation's Greenhouse Gas emissions.
E-learning platform to aid disclosures of climate-related information
The TCFD Learning Hub is an e-learning platform that has been designed to help organisations enhance their disclosures of climate-related information.
The courses were developed with insight from industry experts and will be CPD accredited. Companies, investors and finance professionals can partake in courses that are self-paced and based on activity and video-learning.
View the e-learning courses here >
Increasing board-level understanding of climate change threats and opportunities
Chapter Zero is a network of company chairs, committee chairs and non-executive directors, committed to developing their knowledge of the implications of climate change for UK business.
The name of the network, Chapter Zero, reflects the drive towards a net zero carbon economy and the major role business will play in achieving it.
Learn more about Chapter Zero >
Aldersgate Group – making the business case for a low-carbon economy
The Aldersgate Group is a politically impartial, multi-stakeholder alliance championing a competitive and environmentally sustainable economy. Through targeted political engagement, evidence gathering and policy development, they advocate the business case for decarbonising the UK economy, improving resource efficiency and investing in the natural environment.
Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders’ Group
The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group aims to provide a strong voice to support UK leadership both nationally and internationally on the shift towards a climate neutral, resource efficient, socially inclusive economy by 2050.
Bringing sustainable innovations to scale
The Climate Group brings together businesses and governments to act as a catalyst to take sustainable innovations and solutions to scale.
Businesses competing to be best for the world
The B Economy is a concept whereby businesses compete to be best for the world, its people and the environment.
Managing your climate change risk
Learn how to measure and manage any risks or opportunities that can arise as a result of climate change.
Discover how quickly you need to reduce your carbon emissions
The website sciencebasedtargets.org allows companies to see how quickly they need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Learn what corporate science-based emissions targets are and why they matter.
UN Global Compact – doing business responsibly
A call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals. To make this happen, the UN Global Compact supports companies to:
- Do business responsibly by aligning their strategies and operations with Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption; and
- Take strategic actions to advance broader societal goals, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation.
We Mean Business – influencing action on climate change
We Mean Business is a global non-profit coalition working with the world’s most influential businesses to take action on climate change.
The Landlord-Tenant Energy Partnership - Efficiency Toolkit
This toolkit includes six strategies for landlords and tenants to internalise energy efficiency and maximise savings.
