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Businesses in manufacturing, tech and retail can find tailored advice on how to cut their emissions on the government’s climate hub.
The UK net zero business champion, MP Andrew Griffith, has issued open letters to leaders in tech, retail and manufacturing, urging them to take steps to fight climate change.
The letters ask organisations across these sectors to make a formal commitment to reducing their carbon footprint and working towards net zero.
In June, Mr Griffith joined Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to launch the Business Climate Leaders campaign, which is part of the UK’s Together for our Planet strategy ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26.
Each letter directed business owners in the industry to tailored advice for reducing emissions within their specific sectors.
For retail, the advice pointed organisations towards resources to help them reduce plastic packaging and offer more sustainable products.
Tech companies were urged to be mindful of buying energy efficient equipment and to take steps like switching to large cloud providers, which are generally more green than traditional enterprise data centres.
Manufacturing firms were asked to consider generating their own energy and making process improvements to reduce wasted resources.
Mr Griffith urged all businesses across these industries to pledge to cut their carbon emissions in half by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050. Anyone willing to do so can formally join the commitment via the UK business climate hub.
“By making this pledge, they will be joining an international community of thousands of likeminded businesses, and will be recognised by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign as one of thousands of ‘climate leaders’ across the country – companies that are acting as role models and inspiring others in the community to find meaningful ways to take positive environmental action,” Mr Griffith said to business leaders in all three letters.
Mr Griffith asked leaders who have already made the commitment to net zero to encourage their industry peers to follow suit.