How to reduce your carbon footprint

18 Oct 2024

Published in: Member News
Event - Kickstart your journey to Net Zero with this workshop, offering a high-level overview of carbon emissions and practical reduction guidance.

Date and time: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:00 - 17:00 GMT

Location: Woodland Grange, Old Milverton Lane, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 6RN

This workshop will be an important first step in helping organisations on their journey towards Net Zero, providing a high-level overview of their carbon emissions and carbon reduction guidance.

Clean Futures is partnering with Auditel to offer SMEs in the West Midlands transport sector and its supply chain this 1-day workshop.

Many organisations believe the changes they will have to make to achieve net zero carbon emissions will be time-consuming, costly and with all the conflicting information, a little daunting. This is far from the truth, as many incentives exist to help businesses become greener and leaner without costing the earth.

Please note

Due to the prework necessary for this workshop to have the most impact the tickets will close on 06/11/2024 at 12:30pm.

What you will be required to do before the workshop

This is a premium opportunity, and all participant SMEs will complete a survey to allow Auditel to calculate a high-level overview of their carbon footprint. This survey will cover data on:

  • Scope 1 emission sources (e.g. fuel purchases)
  • Scope 2 emission sources (e.g. electricity consumption)
  • Relevant scope 3 emission sources (e.g. employee commuting data)

This data should be submitted to Auditel no later than two weeks prior to the workshop to allow you to be registered for the workshop.

Agenda - Overview

Morning

  • Introduction to decarbonisation – a top-level introduction to what a carbon footprint is and why businesses invest in one. It will also discuss Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, what they relate to, and the data needed to calculate them.
  • A session discussing GHG protocol standards, verification standards and signposting them towards available e-learning resources.
  • Global Net Zero targets and how the UK is planning to meet these.
  • Reporting standards and SME implications, also a discussion about how procurement is driving the move towards Net Zero (eg PPN 06/21)

Working lunch

  • Individual reports will be shared with delegates with top line feedback during working lunch, preparing them for the afternoon session.

Afternoon

  • A group discussion where the group will cover the merits of reduction of energy consumed v capital projects and how these can be balanced.
  • Science based targets and how these can help achieve Net Zero.
  • Exercise – SMEs to pull together a top-line carbon reduction plan and share the key points along with rationale with the group.
  • Each SME to make commitments on how they will use the knowledge gained during the workshop to benefit their organisation.
  • Wrap up, clarifying support that is available to SME’s along with feedback on the workshop.

What you will take away from this session:

  • SMEs will come away from the workshop with an intermediate knowledge of carbon and net zero, an ability to carry out basic calculations, knowledge of their organisations top line environmental impact and an action plan for decarbonisation of their organisation.
  • SMEs should be able to speak with authority on their environmental impact and make informed decisions about decarbonisation strategies. The workshop should give them confidence to bid for contracts that demand declaration of a bidder’s environmental impact as part of the tender process, therefore supporting business growth.
  • SMEs will also be equipped to make use of grants and support initiatives that are available to help them deliver on their sustainability targets.

Auditel is a successful and one of the longest established carbon solutions organisations in the UK, with over 100 experienced carbon and procurement consultants. We have helped hundreds of organisations throughout the UK and Ireland to measure their operational carbon footprints and then guide them towards alternatives to reduce their carbon footprint whilst also reducing operating costs.

Clean Futures is one of the 5 West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Innovation Accelerators, funded by Innovate UK with a total of £33 million, set up to help drive forward the West Midlands Plan for Growth by supporting and accelerating innovation in cleantech, medtech and digital.

The Clean Futures programme is led by the Connected Places Catapult and supported by Coventry University clean growth R&D specialists and the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO).

Submitted by Munminder from Auditel
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