Clean Futures - “How to Reduce your Carbon Footprint” Workshop

Event details

This masterclass is part of a series of events run by the Coventry University Clean Futures Catalyst programme.

The Clean Futures initiative enables West Midlands businesses in the transport sector to adopt and develop sustainable technologies and practices through essential knowledge and guidance for growth and prosperity. Clean Futures is one of the 5 West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Innovation Accelerators, funded by Innovate UK with a total of £33 million, set up to help drive forward the West Midlands Plan for Growth by supporting and accelerating innovation in cleantech, medtech and digital.

Clean Futures is partnering with Auditel to offer SMEs in the West Midlands transport sector and its supply chain this 1-day workshop.This workshop will be an important first step in helping organisations on their journey towards Net Zero, providing a high-level overview of their carbon emissions and carbon reduction guidance.

Many organisations believe the changes that they will have to make to achieve net zero carbon emissions will be time-consuming, costly and with all the conflicting information, a little daunting. This is far from the truth, as there are many incentives to help businesses become greener and leaner without costing the earth.

What you will be required to do prior to the workshop

This is a premium opportunity and all participant SMEs must complete a survey to allow Auditel to calculate a high-level overview of their carbon footprint. This survey will cover data on:

Scope 1 emission sources (e.g. fuel purchases)
Scope 2 emission sources (e.g. electricity consumption)
Relevant scope 3 emission sources (e.g. employee commuting data)

You will be required to submit this data to Auditel no later than two weeks prior to the workshop to allow your registered to be confirmed.

Agenda

Morning

• Introduction to decarbonisation – a top-level introduction to what a carbon footprint is and why businesses invest in one. It will also discuss Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, what they relate to, and the data needed to calculate them.
• A session discussing GHG protocol standards, verification standards and signposting them towards available e-learning resources.
• Global Net Zero targets and how the UK is planning to meet these.
• Reporting standards and SME implications, also a discussion about how procurement is driving the move towards Net Zero (eg PPN 06/21)

Working lunch

• Individual reports will be shared with delegates with top line feedback during working lunch, preparing them for the afternoon session.

Afternoon

• A group discussion where the group will cover the merits of reduction of energy consumed v capital projects and how these can be balanced.
• Science based targets and how these can help achieve Net Zero.
• Exercise – SMEs to pull together a top-line carbon reduction plan and share the key points along with rationale with the group.
• Each SME to make commitments on how they will use the knowledge gained during the workshop to benefit their organisation.
• Wrap up, clarifying support that is available to SME’s along with feedback on the workshop.

Speaker

Auditel is a successful and one of the longest established carbon solutions organisations in the UK, with over 100 experienced carbon and procurement consultants. We have helped hundreds of organisations throughout the UK and Ireland to measure their operational carbon footprints and then guide them towards alternatives to reduce their carbon footprint whilst also reducing operating costs.

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