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.
The net-zero agenda isn’t new; many big organizations now put sustainability at the heart of their business; with sustainability and profitability going hand in hand.
In this blog, we look at five industry leaders and share some of the actions they’re undertaking on their journey to achieve net-zero.
Energy is one of the highest costs of doing business, and one of the biggest environmental contributors. By conducting an in-depth review of how your business uses energy, you’re likely to discover that there are several key ways in which you can improve energy efficiency and optimize significant savings. Even quick, small adjustments can lead…Read More »
On the 1st April 2022, the Government introduced the plastics packaging tax (PPT). This affects businesses that manufacture or import plastic packaging, including the import of packaging which already contains goods (such as plastic bottles). In summary, the plastic tax includes: The rate of tax will be £200/tonne on plastic packaging that contains less than…Read More »
