The low carbon journey
Businesses are responsible for 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions. The potential impact of their carbon reduction activities is therefore huge. Not only can businesses reduce their own CO2 emissions, but they can influence their peers and the greater public by mobilising their suppliers, employees and customers.
Why take action?
Global temperatures are forecast to rise considerably over the next 100 years, and if no action is taken to curb emissions, the global economy could shrink by 20%. To find out more about the science of climate change and why your business should take action, visit the following pages:
Climate change: The issue and the science »
Why take action? »
Following the low carbon journey
The following pages map out a low carbon journey that gives mid-sized and larger businesses a step-by-step approach to tackling climate change. For each step, we explain the benefits of taking action, practical advice on what to do, examples of what businesses are already doing, and details of where you can go for support.
Although small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) will also find these pages useful, they may be interested in visiting the Small Business Journey website which has further examples of how SMEs can take action.
Click on one of the blue titles below to see how your business can take the low carbon business journey:
