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do you benefit from being Carbon Zero ? |
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| There are many benefits to earning the Carbon Zero
Certification, either the awareness award or certification both locally
and globally, both immediate and long-term. Becoming certified as
a Carbon Zero Home or Business will not only improve the environment,
but will also improve your bottom line.
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| Your Business |
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 Displaying
the fact that your business is either aware of the problems or has
made a concerted effort to being Carbon Neutral shows your clients
that your environmental policy is not just lipservice. Government,
council and borough council contracts will all require your commitment
to the environment. The cost of making your company 'Carbon
Zero Aware' is minimal compared to the extra business
that it could provide.
Acting against climate change early brings unique business
opportunities:
- Early mover benefits
- Additional value from and support for core business strategy
- Financial benefits from public support schemes
- Cost savings from efficiency gains and improved profitability
through improved productivity
- Expansion into new business sectors and industries
- Generation of carbon commodities through participation in established
carbon markets
- Improved analyst perception (and hence share price gains)
- Reputation gains
- Employee retention/engagement
- Preparing your business for future legislations on climate
change
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The following risks are associated with
not adopting a proactive approach to climate change:
- Compliance and non-compliance costs
- Inequity in the distribution of the burden for emissions reductions
- Corporate competitiveness
- Restriction of activities
- Contraction in demand for carbon intensive products
- Regulatory uncertainty
- Lack of regulatory harmonisation and possible barriers to trade
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| Your Property |
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 An
average house emits in the region of 4.6 Tonnes of CO2 each year.
You can reduce this by energy saving techniques, such as solar heating
or even just using energy saving lightbulbs. However you can never
reduce this to zero so by using Carbon Offsets that donate to approved
sustainable projects around the world you are offsetting your CO2
emissions. |
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| Your Car |
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 We
all live busy lives be it driving your 4x4 to school with the children
or flying around the world on business meetings. All these activities
produce huge amounts of CO2 emissions. The idealists are right that
we should not be using big 4x4 cars to take our children to school.
In reality not everyone wants to drive a smart car and if you drive
a large 4x4 or an aston martin you can still contribute to reducing
your emissions to get a Carbon Zero Certification. |
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