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A free business energy survey with detailed recommendations is available to any small and medium sized enterprise in Wiltshire through the Target 2030 programme. Access to 30% grant funding is also available, visit Target 2030.
Calculate your organisation's carbon footprint
Knowing your carbon footprint today gives you a baseline for measuring the improvements you make. In the future more companies may add environmental measures to their tendering process and might require the information from you.
Schemes currently available include:
Workplace charging scheme Get a voucher for installing charging points in your workplace. Vouchers cover up to 75% of purchase and installation costs, up to a maximum of £350 per charging point, and a maximum of 40 charging points per site.
Plug-in charging grant scheme Grants are available to help pay for low-emission vehicles. These are worth up to £2,500 of the purchase price of a car. Eligible cars must cost less than £35,000. The grant will also pay for 35% of the purchase price for selected small vans, up to a maximum of £3000, and 35% of the purchase price for selected large vans, up to a maximum of £6,000.
Capital allowances claim scheme You can claim enhanced capital allowances (a type of first year allowances) for buying energy and water-efficient equipment for your business. This includes some cars with low CO2 emissions, energy saving equipment, water saving equipment, gas, biogas and hydrogen refuelling equipment and new zero-emission goods vehicles. You can claim on your tax return.
Free carbon-saving advice and grant funding from Target 2030 A Government initiative offering SMEs across Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire a free energy survey and grants of up to £60,000 for energy-saving improvements like solar panels, lighting, heating and cooling systems and new equipment.
Switching to a green energy provider can significantly reduce your organisation's carbon footprint.
For further information about the types of green tariff visit Energy Saving Trust.
Use green web hosting to reduce the impact of all of the data you use.
Reduce energy - Conduct an energy audit to identify where you can reduce usage and cost.
Install energy efficient light bulbs, automatic switch offs and insulation.
Make sustainable commuting easier for your staff, through schemes such as 'Cycle to Work' or a 'lift share' programme or consider whether working from home options could help
Reduce your long-distance journeys and save money by attending conferences online, instead of in person.
Compost the food waste from your kitchens and canteens.
Recycle all of your metals and electronics.
Go paper-light or even better, paper free, by changing your printing habits. "Be Green - Keep it on the screen!"
Wherever possible, make sure that what you buy is sustainably produced and distributed, including stationery, food and equipment.
Pledge your commitment by signing up to the SME Climate Commitment. Not only will your business receive the support and resources needed to help you understand your emissions and how to tackle them, but you will also be recognised by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign.
The SME Climate Hub and Oxford University have partnered together to produce a suite of resources to help SMEs reduce their carbon emissions.
Visit the SWLEP Growth Hub's Sustainable Business portal for local news and events.
To ensure greenhouse emissions decrease fast enough we are going to need engage within society. Talking about it encourages others to think about it and spreads the message further.
