Sustainability drives competitiveness. Protecting environmental resources and cutting carbon is good for business, boosting your credentials with customers, suppliers, staff and investors. Explore the benefits of sustainable business practices. Learn how our sustainability specialists can help you work more efficiently, build resilience, and seize low carbon opportunities.
What is sustainability?
Business sustainability can help future-proof your business in the face of climate and nature challenges. It can also help you take advantage of the significant business opportunities related to these challenges.
Adapting to a net zero world brings change — but also opportunities. Cutting carbon and adopting sustainable business practices not only reduce business costs but also drive innovation, competitiveness and new ways of working.
Practical support for your business
Developing sustainable business practices will minimise the environmental impacts of your business, protect your business from risks and help you build business resilience.
Our sustainability specialists can provide a tailored plan to help you:
Improve the efficiency of your premises, products or processes
Cut costs
Investigate renewable energy options
Respond to future challenges
Take advantage of climate change and net zero opportunities
Find guidance and apply for the SME Loan Fund opens in a new window on the Business Energy Scotland website. This is a fund from the Scottish Government which can be used to install energy efficient measures such as lighting and heating upgrades, double glazing, insulation and much more.
SEPA, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency has created NetRegs, providing environmental guidance for businesses in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The dedicated website provides free advice, guidance and online tools about environmental regulations and how to comply with them.
There's never been greater awareness of the need to reduce emissions for the good of the planet, or a better time to start.
The UN’s Race To Zero is a global campaign bringing together businesses, cities, regions and investors to help create a healthy, resilient and zero-carbon recovery. More than 3000 businesses across the globe have already signed up to the initiative.
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