Environmental Responsibility

Toolkits | Business in the Community
BITC provide resources such as toolkits, some of which are free to non-members, e.g. the Seven Steps to Climate Action toolkit.

Resources | Business Declares 
Offers support for those working towards being Net Zero by 2030, and membership is free to those working to this timescale. They have resources and links to other organisations for information, resources and support. They also offer free/low cost webinars, events and networking.

Training | IEMA 
IEMA is a professional body for everyone working in environment and sustainability. They provide resources and tools, research and knowledge sharing, along with high-quality formal training and qualifications to meet the real world need of their members.

Measure Your Carbon Footprint | Positive Planet  
Positive Planet help organisations measure carbon footprint and comply with government and NHS procurement standards 

Toolkits by sector | WWF
In this guide, WWF provide links to different tools depending on the sector of your business for carbon accounting.

ISO 14001 | ISO
ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system, as well as an accreditation based on their criteria. It maps out a framework that a company or organisation can follow to set up an effective environmental management system.

Net Zero | Sustainable Footprints – Compliance and Standards Experts 
Offer an initial carbon footprint calculation and gap analysis to examine what a company has already got in place. Then they help develop a carbon reduction strategy and implement identified carbon reduction measures. 

Accelerating Progress | FSB 
To create a net zero economy across the UK, small businesses will have to go further and do more to keep up – The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) researches where policy makers must do their part to enable small business to reach net zero.

Carbon calculator | Website Carbon
Calculate your web page’s carbon footprint with the online carbon calculator, created by GBC accredited, Wholegrain Digital.

Green Web Check | The Green Web Foundation
The Green Website Foundation offers to check if your website is green, use of their open dataset of websites that run on renewable energy and tools and resources.

Green Hosting | 34SP.com
34SP.com is a green hosting organisation, who provide free green hosting for UK registered charities.

What is Carbon Offsetting? 

Simply put, offsetting is a way to compensate for your emissions (individual or business) by funding an equivalent CO2 saving elsewhere. 

Carbon offsetting projects include renewable energy schemes such as wind, solar or hydro power plants and afforestation programmes.  

Carbon Offsetting | Eco Offset
Eco Offset help organisations take the first steps towards sustainable business practices and offer support to measure, reduce and offset their carbon emissions

Toolkits

Measure Your Carbon Footprint | Positive Planet  
Positive Planet help organisations measure carbon footprint and comply with government and NHS procurement standards 

Carbon Offsetting

Carbon Offsetting | Eco Offset
Eco Offset help organisations take the first steps towards sustainable business practices and offer support to measure, reduce and offset their carbon emissions

Best practice

About Us | Environment | UAP Limited
UAP Limited are suppliers of door hardware, see their environmental policies here.

Climate report | Bates Wells  
See the latest climate report from solicitors Bates Wells.

Sustainability and inclusive capitalism: the meeting point | Legal & General 
See Legal and General’s journey to Net Zero.