It is simply the responsible way forward - the government has officially declared a climate crisis in the UK - and by working towards Net Zero carbon emissions in 2050 you are part of the solution.
Financial
Reducing carbon emissions by establishing your carbon footprint in your business can save money by significantly reducing energy costs.
Your business will have the tools to measure and monitor how much you have reduced your carbon emissions, and therefore energy costs, by undertaking an annual review, working with your Carbon Reduction Plan and decarbonisation actions in place.
Commercial
Given that the UK Net Zero targets for 2030, 2035 and 2050 are already in place, all businesses both large and small, have their own role to play in achieving these Net Zero goals.
Many major organisations, public bodies and service providers, including the NHS, who you may be planning to engage with, now require companies to provide evidence of how they are taking their role in achieving UK Net Zero emissions targets seriously, to help them achieve their own Net Zero targets.
Your UKGPPN 6/21 format Carbon Reduction Plan (CRP) will be your clear and recognised statement of commitment, improving your company profile by clearly displaying and evidencing your excellent Corporate Social Responsibility credentials.
Having a science based and UKGPPN 06/21 compliant Carbon Reduction Plan is already a qualifying prerequisite when tendering for many public sector contracts (NHS for example), utility companies and other large businesses and organisations. In Wales, this has recently been amplified in the WPPN 06/21 Welsh Procurement Policy Note.
If you plan to work for a main contractor on behalf of these organisations they will require you to evidence that your business is contributing to their own carbon reduction targets, , in order to be part of their supply chain.
By developing your own Carbon Footprint and Carbon Reduction Plan, you are evidencing that your environmental targets are contributing towards your clients’ own targets.
From October 2024, the contract values will be amended to include all value tenders for any public body including the NHS
The requirement for a Carbon Reduction Plan to be in place will be a gateway tendering requirement – pass or fail.
You will need to be able to evidence your carbon reduction credentials with pride!
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