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How to lower your company’s carbon footprint

David Prior by David Prior
January 15, 2025
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Reducing your company’s carbon footprint isn’t just about meeting regulatory obligations; it’s a vital step in building long-term resilience, improving your brand’s reputation and contributing to a healthier planet for future generations. Fortunately, lowering emissions doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With a strategic approach, you can make meaningful changes that benefit your business in wider ways.

  1. Assess your current contribution

Before you can make improvements, you need to understand your existing carbon footprint. Start by conducting a thorough audit of your business’s environmental impact including energy consumption, waste output, transportation emissions and supply chain considerations. Having accurate baseline data helps you identify areas of high impact and set clear, measurable goals for reducing your emissions. 

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Use carbon accounting software or work with a sustainability consultant to quantify your emissions accurately. This will help you track your progress and give you statistics to impress consumers and investors alike.

  1. Improve workspace energy efficiency

Reducing energy consumption in your workplace is one of the most immediate ways to lower your emissions. It will have a positive impact on your utility bills and employee experience as well as your brand image. 

Begin by upgrading existing systems to make them more efficient. Update your heating system with a new boiler and matching radiators from a UK supplier, controlled by a smart thermostat to optimise energy use. Additionally, you can replace outdated lighting with LED bulbs and opt for dual-flush toilets and low-flow taps in bathrooms. Encourage employees to adopt energy-conscious behaviours by powering down devices and switching off lights when they’re not in use. Simple reminders can foster collective responsibility for energy efficiency.

You could also consider sourcing your energy from renewable suppliers. Many regions now offer competitive green energy tariffs powered by wind, solar, or hydroelectric sources. Switching to renewables may require some upfront investment, but it provides long-term savings and aligns your business with sustainability values. 

  1. Minimise business-related waste

Reducing waste starts with rethinking how you procure and use materials and your product or service distribution methods. Transition to suppliers invested in operating with minimal environmental impact and prioritise reclaimed or recycled goods when choosing components. For example, switch to compostable packaging, use refillable ink cartridges, swap new steel and timber for upcycled alternatives and work with eco-friendly transport teams. These small shifts add up over time.

Implement an office-wide recycling programme and clearly label bins to avoid contamination. If you operate in an industry with high material waste, such as manufacturing, audit your production line to identify inefficiencies contributing to higher carbon emissions. Circular economy principles such as reusing by-products or finding secondary markets for waste materials can reduce both costs and your carbon footprint.

Encourage digital alternatives where possible. Replace printed materials with electronic documents and consider virtual events instead of in-person meetings to minimise travel-related emissions. Every decision to reduce physical waste also lowers your carbon output.

  1. Build a culture of sustainability

Sustainability isn’t just a set of policies; it’s a mindset that needs to permeate your company. Having the whole team invested in your aims will inspire innovation beyond your imagination for the faster accomplishment of your goals. Engage employees by explaining the importance of reducing our carbon footprint and how their actions contribute to this goal, and setting up ‘sustainability champions’ within departments. Rewarding sustainable behaviours such as biking to work or reducing printing with incentives like vouchers or extra time off will also help to drive change. Remember to integrate sustainability into your core mission, updating your brand values accordingly and flagging these on your website.

David Prior

David Prior is the editor of Today News, responsible for the overall editorial strategy. He is an NCTJ-qualified journalist with over 20 years’ experience, and is also editor of the award-winning hyperlocal news title Altrincham Today. His LinkedIn profile is here.

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