Climate tools for businesses

In South Gloucestershire business and industry account for around a third of our area wide emissions. The Climate and Nature Emergency impacts on businesses in many ways from energy bill pressures to supply chain issues.

Action can be a great way for your business to manage costs, increase staff retention and attract and maintain customers.

Carbon emissions calculator

Join thousands of businesses acting on climate change and visit the Business climate hub for information and use the simple carbon emissions calculator tool provided to help you:

• measure your emissions
• commit to reduce emissions
• take action
• report
• get recognised for your action

The website also holds resources and information on how to get your business ready for the local impacts of a changing climate and how to protect and restore nature.

Green business grants

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority Green Business Grants help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make energy-saving improvements to their buildings and business operations.

Local action

Find out what businesses are doing locally to act on the Climate and Nature Emergency and how you can get involved by visiting the Business West website.

Investing in Climate and Nature Scheme (ICaN)

The South Gloucestershire Investing in Climate and Nature (ICaN) Scheme manages a portfolio of ‘investment ready’ projects that deliver nature recovery, climate adaptation and social value improvements to areas such as public open spaces.

These improvements are designed to increase natural capital value to ensure that these spaces work better for nature and deliver increased ‘ecosystem services’ such as flood and drought resilience, air quality improvement, temperature moderation and carbon sequestration. They’re also designed to ensure that local communities have better access to high functioning green spaces and associated health, wellbeing and social value benefits.

The scheme welcomes funding from private finance and businesses, who can use their ICaN investment within their environmental, social, and governance reporting frameworks. Investment in ICaN projects will deliver and sustain improvements for nature, communities, and climate adaptation and resilience.

Find out more about how your business can get involved by contacting us on ICaN@southglos.gov.uk.