Net Zero Carbon Corporate Services
As the climate emergency intensifies, we are all being called upon to step up, make the necessary changes and do what we can to secure a sustainable future. And businesses are no exception.
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As stakeholders across the board, be they consumers, manufacturers, suppliers, investors and so on put more emphasis on the importance of green credentials, your sustainability strategy has never been more important.Â
Developing your Net Zero Carbon strategy
Done correctly, a Net Zero Carbon strategy can deliver a wide range of benefits for your organisation. It can be a driver for efficiency and innovation leading to operational and value chain cost savings, it can open up new business opportunities and it can motivate your employees and engage your stakeholders.
We work with you to:
- Define your vision, mission statement, goals and targets
- Benchmark corporate responsibility credentials and performance
- Identify and canvass opinion from key stakeholders including risk and materiality assessments
- Determine key sustainability issues in the business and supply chain
- Develop and help to implement robust and transparent corporate responsibility strategies and programmes
Corporate, social reporting and management (CSR)
How a company discloses its sustainability matters and reports its actions and results is vital. Sharing details of your commitments and actions in a transparent and robust way leads to the building of trust, improved Environmental, Social and Governance ratings and consumer confidence, whereas poor or non-existent reporting can have negative effects and damage the brand.Â
We add value by focusing on:
- Improving public perception and brand value through corporate sustainability reporting on social and environmental performance.
We add value by focusing on:
- Improving public perception and brand value through corporate sustainability reporting on social and environmental performance.
- Aligning with and submission to external benchmarks: Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), GRESB, FTSE4Good, EPRA and more
- Developing credible sustainability related publications for inclusion on websites, social media, brochures, customer presentations, media responses and reports.
Science-based Target Development
Science-based targets (SBTs) provide a clearly defined pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they detail how much and how quickly a business can reduce its emissions. Setting SBTs facilitates a strategic long-term view to carbon reduction and can lead to innovative developments. It can lead to innovative developments, achieve cost-efficiencies, demonstrate credibility and enhance relationships with key stakeholders.
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Tackling Scope 3 emissions
To become truly carbon neutral, Scope 3 emissions, which are indirect emissions released upstream and downstream in your value chain, need to be prioritised alongside Scope 1 and 2. But, including these emissions does come with some challenges and you may not have the in-house expertise to identify your scope 3 hotspots or which elements of your supply chain are the most carbon intensive.
Our experts can identify and measure your scope 3 emissions and advise on how to reduce them.
Developing Shaftesbury Plc's sustainability strategy
We have been working with Shaftesbury, a property investment company in central London, since 2002 and in that time have assisted them in developing and implementing their sustainability strategy. We now provide a part time seconded consultant to further embed the strategy throughout the business.Â
Our servicesÂ
- Development and implementation of corporate sustainability strategy
- Mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting
- BREEAM for domestic and non-domestic refurbishment
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Nature-based solutions and offsetting
A successful sustainability strategy is tailored to your business, based on your individual circumstances and goals. Following the GHG Hierarchy, we help you to identify where emissions can be eliminated, avoided, reduced, or substituted for more energy efficient solutions. When all other options have been considered, we can advise on offsetting to mitigate against unavoidable emissions and this is where nature-based solutions come to the fore.Â
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Net Zero Carbon – how to set up for success
Read articleYour carbon footprint might be complex, but your journey to net zero doesn’t have to be. Alex Mozaffari, Director for Sustainability looks at some of the challenges businesses face as they strive to achieve net zero carbon and how they can set up for success by getting the right strategy in place.
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Challenges and opportunities: achieving net zero carbon in the infrastructure sector
Read articleConall Boland leads our sustainability team in Ireland, where infrastructure projects in the water, transportation and energy sectors are key activities. He sees big challenges and opportunities for the infrastructure sector in meeting the 2050 carbon reduction targets.
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Peatlands and Nature Recovery Networks: The Environment’s Bill of the ball?
Read articleNature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history. But the Government’s recent announcement, setting out plans to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change is a crucial step forward in restoring nature and safeguarding the environment for the future. Director of Ecology, Mike Barker looks at the implications for developers and landowners moving forward.
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