The outcomes of COP27 reinforced a need for businesses to adapt to expand their business footprint, achieve efficiency gains, innovate for the future, and enhance long-term sustainability.
In this blog we explore how businesses can respond to COP27.
Sustainability is increasingly ranking high on the agenda for customers, investors and employees. Electric vehicles (EV’s) can offer a significant reduction in transport costs for businesses, as well as safeguarding you against new environmental regulations being introduced to businesses.
In this blog, we outline why you should consider investing in an electric fleet.
Scope 3 emissions make up a large proportion of their emissions, and for some, they even dominate the overall carbon footprint.
In this blog we explore what Scope 3 emissions are, why businesses should measure them and some quick solutions on how to reduce them.
Whether you’re motivated by environmental factors or economic ones, now is the perfect time to develop a strategy for reducing your commercial waste.
A waste management plan helps meet your legal requirements, reduces your costs and impacts on the environment.
Groundwork is working with the Rochdale Development Agency to host a waste awareness taster session to Rochdale based businesses. The taster session will be particularly useful for businesses who are in the process of reviewing their waste management, have high waste costs or produce large volumes of waste.
The term net-zero is widely used, but what does it actually mean?
In this blog we explain what everyone is talking about when referring to net-zero, greenhouse gases and scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions.
We’ve been working with Rochdale Borough Council to deliver Carbon Literacy to 240 employees.
Transport remains the highest emitting sector in the UK, accounting for nearly a third of carbon emissions in 2021. Around a quarter of these emissions are a result of the daily commute. Congestion, poor air quality and limited parking on work premises are just some of the other negative impacts of the daily commute, which outside of…Read More »
We were delighted to see that on 18th July, 2022, during the UK’s hottest ever heatwave on record, a High Court Judge ruled Government’s Net Zero policies unlawful because the minister involved in the decision was not given the necessary information needed in order to make the decision lawfully.
Working closely with the leadership team, Groundwork developed a bespoke Carbon Literacy course for employees of Urban&Civic. The course covered a wide range of topics, from climate science, to the specific challenges of reducing carbon emissions in the built environment as well as the opportunities for reductions within Urban&Civic’s operations.
