Purchasing and supply chains |
Develop a sustainable procurement policy |
Will Do |
24/12/2018 |
Share your TAKE2 actions with your suppliers |
Doing |
N/A |
Encourage your suppliers to TAKE2 |
Doing |
N/A |
Buy products and services from businesses that are reducing their carbon emissions |
Will Do |
N/A |
Help your suppliers reduce their emissions |
Will Do |
N/A |
Business leadership |
Set up an environment team to identify opportunities to reduce emissions at work |
Will Do |
30/09/2018 |
Tell customers, members and other businesses about the work you’re doing to reduce carbon emissions |
Doing |
N/A |
Encourage your staff to TAKE2 |
Will Do |
N/A |
Encourage your customers, members and networks to TAKE2 |
Will Do |
N/A |
Train staff to reduce emissions at work |
Will Do |
N/A |
Train staff to reduce emissions at home |
Will Do |
N/A |
Waste reduction |
Set waste reduction targets |
Done |
N/A |
Improve manufacturing systems and processes to minimise waste |
Doing |
N/A |
Separate recyclable materials and investigate recycling options |
Doing |
N/A |
Monitor waste and report against these targets |
Will Do |
N/A |
Use less packaging for your products |
Doing |
N/A |
Do a waste assessment to understand how to minimise waste. |
Will Do |
31/12/2018 |
Develop a waste management plan |
Will Do |
31/03/2019 |
Produce energy onsite from waste |
Doing |
N/A |
Products and services |
Design your products to minimise energy and materials used to make each product |
Doing |
N/A |
Tell your customers about energy efficient and renewable energy products and services |
Doing |
N/A |
Design your products to help customers reduce carbon emissions |
Doing |
N/A |
Equipment |
Maintain your equipment for the best performance |
Doing |
N/A |
Encourage staff to turn off equipment they’re not using |
Doing |
N/A |
Install timers and sensors on equipment |
Will Do |
30/06/2019 |
Check and seal leaks in compressed air, steam and refrigeration systems |
Done |
N/A |
Insulate ovens, boilers and steam pipes to reduce heat loss |
Done |
N/A |
Install variable speed drives for pumps, fans and refrigeration |
Done |
N/A |
Transport and fleet |
Assess your fleet to identify opportunities for improved energy efficiency |
Done |
N/A |
Buy low emissions vehicles |
Doing |
N/A |
Provide facilities for staff who cycle, walk or run to work |
Done |
N/A |
Buy electric cars (that can be recharged using renewable energy) or hybrids for your business |
Done |
N/A |
Emissions offsets |
Get your carbon emissions independently verified |
Doing |
N/A |
Assess and monitor your business’ carbon emissions |
Will Do |
N/A |
Plant trees or other vegetation on your property to absorb carbon emissions |
Will Do |
N/A |
Energy management |
Use energy bills to track how your energy use is changing over time |
Doing |
N/A |
Make and implement a plan to manage your business energy use |
Doing |
N/A |
Do an energy assessment to understand how your business uses energy |
Doing |
01/11/2018 |
Install sub-metering to monitor your business energy use |
Will Do |
30/06/2019 |
Renewable energy |
Investigate renewable energy options. Would they work for your business? |
Will Do |
24/12/2018 |
Reuse the heat from industrial equipment for space or water heating |
Doing |
N/A |
Buildings |
Do an energy assessment to understand how energy’s used in your building/s |
Will Do |
01/11/2018 |
Adjust air conditioning temperatures according to the season |
Doing |
N/A |
Tune the building’s heating, ventilating and cooling systems |
Will Do |
30/12/2018 |
Install blinds inside or outside your building/s to keep cool on hot days |
Will Do |
30/10/2018 |