Sustainability in your business
Groundwork Northamptonshire offers consultations and assistance in making your business a sustainable one. See what they can do for you on their official website.
Within West Northamptonshire, we have two schemes currently available to help businesses reach Net Zero:
1) TANZ West Northants is a project in partnership with the University of Northampton to provide non-financial aid for businesses in West Northants to transition to Net Zero
2) Net Zero West Northants is a programme providing grants to businesses in West Northants supporting their transition to Net Zero
Support is available locally through the Sustainability Local Innovation Partnership Hub (SLIPAH) where you can also find out about joining the Northampton Sustainability Accord.
There are lots of ways you can make your business more sustainable, such as:
Your staff can donate time and support within the local community cultivating sustainable practices, this could be through education or practical tasks like planting trees and community gardens
Terracycle enables your workplace to be a space others can use to recycle otherwise difficult objects
You can also encourage employees to use public transport or share lifts
Too Good to Go helps you find new customers and saves food from being wasted, you can also donate surplus food to local food banks and food pantries/larders
This can assist you in measuring and reducing your emissions/waste/ energy usage
Rather than purchasing new tech, you can have your older versions updated and fixed or buy technology such as laptops directly from the company that have been returned and refurbished in house
Try to find local and ethical suppliers that can help you adapt your packaging to be reusable or recyclable
Even the internet has a carbon footprint and produces a massive amount of greenhouse gases, here's how you could help reduce this
Our Paid Load Service will get rid of larger recyclable waste from your office, for more information on ways to deal with commercial waste see our Business or Commercial waste services
Last updated 24 July 2024