What you can do as a business...
Small businesses: audit your carbon emissions
Apply for a simple toolkit from the Climate Action Board. To find out more email info@ portsmouthclimateaction.org.uk.
Large employers: Measure your CO2 via the Carbon Disclosure Project
Where does your company’s CO2 come from? If you are a large employer the Carbon Disclosure Project can help you understand where the majority of your emissions are generated.
Small businesses: audit your carbon emissions
Apply for a simple toolkit from the Climate Action Board. To find out more email info@portsmouthclimateaction.org.uk.
Large employers: Measure your CO2 via the Carbon Disclosure Project
Where does your company’s CO2 come from? If you are a large employer the Carbon Disclosure Project can help you understand where the majority of your emissions are generated.
Get support to green your business
If you are a boss or senior manager and would like to get advice and support on how to make your business more carbon-neutral contact Greentech South.
They can offer free energy efficiency audits for your business, energy efficiency grants, research and innovation grants, access to postgraduate student projects and Innovation support and networking events.
The Carbon Trust’s sectorspecific guides also offer practical advice on how to become energy efficient and cut down carbon for your business sector.
Get support for sustainable travel
If you work for, or are a senior manager at a business in the Solent area, you can get support to make your business and staff travel more sustainable from My Journey, a collaboration of Portsmouth City Council, Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council.
They can offer £5,000 match funding grant for sustainable travel investment and audits for your site, support for creating sustainable travel policies and frameworks, Events to encourage and support staff active travel and sustainable travel mapping and advice.
Help your employees become carbon literate
Learn more about how our everyday business decisions are generating
CO2 and affecting the world right now. Contact the board on info@portsmouthclimateaction.org.uk to get a free course tailor-made for your sector or organisation.
For organisations looking for help with staff training and education, take a look at the Carbon Trust's resources on employee awareness. Sponsor a tiny forest
A tiny forest is made by planting a wide variety of species very close together to recreate the layers of a natural forest. These forests absorb a lot more carbon than usual woods and can be as small as a tennis court so are ideal for cities with little space. Many companies are now sponsoring the planting of these forests: email info@portsmouthclimateaction.org.uk to find out more.
Switch to an ethical bank
Switch your account to a bank that doesn’t invest in fossil fuels or ecological destruction at switchit. money.
Switch to a renewable energy supplier
If you choose the right supplier this can fund new solar and wind farms. Do this via Big Clean Switch.