UK SMEs can save £400m a year through carbon footprint reduction

Carbon Trust launches free guide helping growing businesses reduce carbon emissions & energy costs at their offices & workplaces

Article posted: 12 May 2011

UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at offices across the UK could collectively save nearly £400m per year in energy costs, and over 2.5m tonnes of C02e1, by reducing their carbon footprints and certifying their efforts under the Carbon Trust Standard.

The Carbon Trust Standard SME online certification is the only tool designed specifically to help small business’ certify their carbon footprint reductions. SMEs using the tool have, on average, cut their energy costs by £2,000 per year, and their carbon footprints by 13 tonnes CO2e2. 

Harry Morrison, General Manager, the Carbon Trust Standard, said: “Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the UK economy, and reducing their collective carbon footprint could play a major part in ensuring we meet the UK’s target to reduce carbon emissions by 34% by 2020.  What you can measure, you can reduce, so we believe there’s a major opportunity for every business to cut costs and carbon by taking action and achieving certification.”

Recognising the key role that UK SMEs play in meeting the UK’s carbon emission targets, and achieving green growth for the UK economy, the Carbon Trust Standard today launched a free online guide to help growing business’ cut energy costs and carbon.  The Growing Business’ Guide to Managing Carbon can be downloaded for free at: www.carbontruststandard.com/GrowingBusinessGuide. 

The new Carbon Trust Standard guide provides a range of information to enable growing businesses to save cash and increase efficiency by measuring, managing and reducing their carbon, and to boost their reputations by becoming a Carbon Trust Standard bearer.

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