This doesn’t mean that businesses are bad. They’re a vital part of our region and we’re all connected to them, whether as employees, customers, suppliers, owners or neighbours.
All of us - households and businesses - will need to halve our emissions by 2030. Businesses and farms have never had to make such a rapid change before, so they will need help, advice and support. And that is why Businesses for Climate Action exists.
The group starts with some important assumptions. To manage its emissions, a business first needs to measure them – to see how large they are, and understand where they’re coming from. Many business leaders have said they were surprised at how easy this step was, and after doing this it was easy to decide what to do next to reduce them.