Unlocking Sustainability: Reducing Carbon Emissions for a Net-Zero Future

This workshop will be delivered in-person, 9.30-4.30

To qualify for this event your business must have a registered or trading address in the Bolsover District. All workshops cover the same content - please only register your interest for one date.

After booking your ticket for the workshop, a member of the Bolsover NZIP team will contact you with the enrolment paperwork required.

All qualifying businesses will receive a £300 bursary upon completion of the workshop.

Carbon management is becoming increasingly important. The British Business Bank estimate SME’s contribute 50% of total emissions from businesses in the UK, therefore these businesses have a key role to reduce emissions to help meet the government’s Net Zero target by 2050.

There are six key reasons why it makes sense for SMEs to manage their carbon:

• Reduces operational costs
• Improves energy efficiency
• Reduces waste
• Signals to customers that they’re a business that cares
• Helps to comply with environmental legislation
• Improves competitiveness including through the tendering process.

In today’s changing world, sustaining your business in the long term, requires a focus on People, Planet and Profit.

In this workshop, we focus on reducing carbon emissions, through the implementation of carbon management, to help meet the government’s Net Zero target by 2050.

It can be a complex area to navigate and understand. Which is why we’ve developed a one-day Carbon Management workshop, giving you the skills and resources needed to reduce carbon use in your business.

The workshop is split into four sessions:

• Introduction to Carbon Management and the Business Case
• Carbon Footprinting (Carbon Accounting)
• Strategic Action Planning
• Communication and Reporting

We’ll show you how to: seize opportunities to reduce your carbon emissions; calculate your baseline (the moment in time from which you want to start measuring your carbon usage); identify appropriate data from sources, such as your gas and electricity bills, and calculate greenhouse gas emissions; and create a Decarbonisation Plan including implementation and communication.

What’s covered:

• Basics of climate change and the role of business
• Definition of key terms such as Net Zero, Carbon Neutral, Carbon Offsetting, Greenwashing
• Policy context for carbon management
• The business case – drivers for carbon management.
• Defining scopes and organisational/operational boundaries
• Identifying business resource data for carbon footprinting
• Carbon footprinting (carbon accounting)
• Creating a Decarbonisation Plan and strategy for implementation
• Learning from good practice case studies
• Communicating carbon management performance and reporting

What outcomes will be achieved?

After attending this Carbon Management Workshop Programme, you will understand:

• Key terminologies related to carbon management
• Policy context for carbon management
• Business case and drivers for carbon management.
• Organisational/operational boundaries and scopes
• Calculation of carbon footprint of your business
• Development of carbon reduction targets & a Decarbonisation Plan

You’ll leave the workshop with a handy workbook and measurement tool to take forwards in your business. You’ll also be able to access a 30 minute 1-to-1 session with the workshop trainer.

"I found it most enlightening and some of the discussion points and ideas are already being implemented into our ESG and Social Values campaigns."

Daren Fowler, Compliance, Estate and Fleet Manager for Schools Advisory Service

Who should attend?
This workshop programme is suitable for managers and staff who would like to understand carbon management, measure their carbon footprint and develop a Decarbonisation Plan for their business.

Reasons to attend:

• Get paid a £300 bursary
• Learn how to attract more sustainably minded customers
• Discover ways to reduce your energy bills
• Network and collaborate with likeminded businesses

Delivered by:

Alice Veldtman is the Carbon Management Consultant at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. Alice is Director of Raven Sky Consulting Ltd, helping SMEs to develop and implement ESG strategies. Prior to this she spent 20 years working for Boots UK, in ESG, Commercial and Marketing roles. Alice has an Executive MBA from Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, in which she focused her business research on change levers required to meet Net Zero ambitions. Alice is also certified Carbon Literacy Facilitator with the Carbon Literacy Project and supports delivery of Carbon Literacy training at Nottingham Business School.
Eligibility:

Eligibility:
Our Bolsover Net-Zero Innovation Programme is funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, delivered by Nottingham Trent University on behalf of Bolsover Council, and is available to SMEs and Sole Traders in the Bolsover District. Workshops are open to start-up and established small to medium sized enterprises along with sole-traders located in the Bolsover District.