Business leadership |
Tell customers, members and other businesses about the work you’re doing to reduce carbon emissions |
Doing |
N/A |
Encourage your staff to TAKE2 |
Doing |
N/A |
Encourage your customers, members and networks to TAKE2 |
Doing |
N/A |
Set up an environment team to identify opportunities to reduce emissions at work |
Done |
N/A |
Train staff to reduce emissions at work |
Doing |
N/A |
Train staff to reduce emissions at home |
Doing |
N/A |
Purchasing and supply chains |
Share your TAKE2 actions with your suppliers |
Doing |
N/A |
Encourage your suppliers to TAKE2 |
Doing |
N/A |
Develop a sustainable procurement policy |
Done |
N/A |
Buy products and services from businesses that are reducing their carbon emissions |
Doing |
N/A |
Help your suppliers reduce their emissions |
Doing |
N/A |
Products and services |
Tell your customers about energy efficient and renewable energy products and services |
Doing |
N/A |
Help customers reduce their carbon emissions by offering advice services |
Doing |
N/A |
Design your products to help customers reduce carbon emissions |
Doing |
N/A |
Waste reduction |
Do a waste assessment to understand how to minimise waste. |
Done |
N/A |
Develop a waste management plan |
Done |
N/A |
Set waste reduction targets |
Done |
N/A |
Monitor waste and report against these targets |
Doing |
N/A |
Separate recyclable materials and investigate recycling options |
Doing |
N/A |
Use less packaging for your products |
Doing |
N/A |
Emissions offsets |
Assess and monitor your business’ carbon emissions |
Doing |
N/A |
Buy carbon offsets for air travel |
Doing |
N/A |
Buy carbon offsets for business emissions |
Doing |
N/A |
Plant trees or other vegetation on your property to absorb carbon emissions |
Done |
N/A |
Equipment |
Encourage staff to turn off equipment they’re not using |
Doing |
N/A |
Maintain your equipment for the best performance |
Doing |
N/A |
Install LED lighting |
Done |
N/A |
Get the most from IT systems; use energy efficient equipment or cloud based services |
Doing |
N/A |
Swap inefficient equipment for more energy efficient models |
Doing |
N/A |
Transport and fleet |
Plan, coordinate and share trips to reduce transport distances |
Doing |
N/A |
Encourage staff to use public transport for work-related travel by providing MYKI cards |
Doing |
N/A |
Provide facilities for staff who cycle, walk or run to work |
Done |
N/A |
Buildings |
Do an energy assessment to understand how energy’s used in your building/s |
Done |
N/A |
Install blinds inside or outside your building/s to keep cool on hot days |
Done |
N/A |
Install insulation to keep buildings warmer in winter and cooler in summer |
Done |
N/A |
Install LED lighting to save on electricity |
Done |
N/A |
Renewable energy |
Investigate renewable energy options. Would they work for your business? |
Will Do |
31/12/2019 |
Set a renewable energy target for your business |
Done |
N/A |
Buy renewable energy for your business |
Doing |
N/A |
Energy management |
Do an energy assessment to understand how your business uses energy |
Done |
N/A |
Make and implement a plan to manage your business energy use |
Doing |
N/A |
Commit to cutting your business’ electricity use and set an energy efficiency target |
Done |
N/A |
Commit to cutting your business’ gas use and set an energy efficiency target |
Done |
N/A |
Increase energy productivity by turnover, services or production |
Doing |
N/A |
Use energy bills to track how your energy use is changing over time |
Doing |
N/A |
Use progress reports to see if you’re on track to meet energy targets |
Doing |
N/A |