The Free CRed Suffolk Environmental Business Advisor Service
Could your business cut its costs, increase profitability and help the environment?
CRed Suffolk provides free hands on advice to small and medium sized businesses in Suffolk who want to cut their carbon emissions, save money and stay ahead of the competition.
An advisor will visit your business, assess your carbon footprint and work with you to identify a range of practical and realistic actions to reduce it.
Actions include:
raising staff awareness,
cutting down on energy and water use
reducing the impact of transport
minimising waste and
improving resilience to climate change.
You will receive a bespoke ‘climate change action plan’ along with guidance, information and links specifically tailored to your business to help you reduce your carbon footprint.
Free telephone support and a follow up visit is on offer to help you put your plan into action.
The CRed Suffolk business service will help you:
cut your carbon footprint and reduce the effects of climate change,
enhance your reputation,
open up new business opportunities,
improve staff motivation, recruitment and retention
improve efficiency.
cut business costs and
improve profitability.
The CRed business advisor service is entirely free but the benefits to your businesses could be substantial.
For more information or to request a business advisor visit, call the Suffolk Climate and Energy helpline on 0800 02 88 938 or email paul.bradford@groundwork.org.uk.
The CRed Suffolk partnership is made up of all the local authorities in Suffolk and key business partners. The ‘business advisor service’ is supported by Groundwork East of England, part of the national, sustainable community regeneration charity and the ‘Suffolk Strategic Partnership’ supporting Suffolk Creating the Greenest County
Notes to Editors:
Groundwork supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of people’s lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play. Our vision is of a society of sustainable communities that are vibrant, healthy and safe, which respect the local and global environment and where individuals and enterprise prosper.
places – delivering environmental improvements that create cleaner, safer, greener neighbourhoods
prosperity – helping businesses and individuals fulfill their potential.
people – creating opportunities for people to learn new skills and become more active citizens
CRed is the Community Carbon Reduction Project, an ambitious and positive scheme instigated by the University of East Anglia to enable people to meet the 60% challenge of reducing CO2 emissions by 2025.
CRed Suffolk is the climate change partnership in Suffolk comprising all the Borough, District and County Councils, the University of East Anglia, the Energy Saving Trust Advice Centre Anglia, the Environment Agency, Suffolk ACRE and the Groundwork Trust amongst others.
Make your CRed pledge
Individuals and organisations are can join the CRed Community by making pledges to take simple actions to reduce their CO2 emissions. Visit the CRed website www.cred-uk.org/suffolk and find out what you can do to move along you own low carbon pathway.