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Reducing energy use is one of the simplest ways to reduce the carbon footprint of your business and help reduce the effects of climate change.

All businesses can reduce their energy use, benefitting the environment and their bottom line. Saving energy can also have other benefits, including boosting employees' morale and an improved business reputation.

There are many changes your business can make to cut carbon emissions from energy use - .

The changes you make can be as small as turning electrical equipment off overnight or changing your light bulbs to energy-efficient ones. Traditional light bulbs can waste up to 95 per cent of the energy they use as heat. Energy-efficient bulbs are much more efficient than traditional bulbs and each bulb could save you up to 拢15 per year, as well as reducing your carbon emissions - .

You may want to consider larger measures where the financial benefits are more long term, such as investing in new energy-saving plant or machinery.

You may also be eligible for tax breaks, if you invest in certain energy-saving equipment - see tax breaks to encourage energy efficiency.

Buildings can be a major contributor to carbon emissions, often through inefficient energy use - see how to cut carbon emissions from business buildings.

For information on reducing energy use in your business, read our guide on how to save money by using energy more efficiently.

91香蕉黄色视频 is a significant - and growing - cause of greenhouse gas emissions. Some businesses, such as those in the transport sector, will be able to cut carbon emissions to a larger extent than others, but there are actions that all businesses can take.

The first step in cutting your emissions is to evaluate the impact of your business travel on the environment. This includes:

• travel to and from meetings and other out-of-office appointments - whether this is by car, plane or train
• journeys that employees make to and from work
• the way your business makes and receives deliveries

You can work out the carbon footprint of your business, including the impact of business travel.

Once you have examined your business travel, the next step is to look at ways to reduce or minimise the impact of these journeys. You might consider encouraging your employees to:

• book several appointments in the same area on the same day
• work from home
• use methods of transport with less environmental impact, such as walking, cycling and trains
• use low-emission vehicles and alternatively powered vehicles
• drive vehicles more efficiently

If you transport goods as part of your business, you should ensure that you do this in the most efficient way.

For further information on reducing the environmental impact of your business travel, see workplace travel planning and zero emission vehicles and alternative fuels.

Buildings are responsible for around 40 per cent of the United Kingdom's carbon emissions, with business properties accounting for around half of that.

There are plenty of simple, low-cost measures you can take to cut energy use within your buildings and lower greenhouse gas emissions. These include installing movement-sensitive light sensors in toilets and other little-used areas and turning down the thermostat by a couple of degrees - see how to save money by using energy more efficiently.

There may be additional things you can do - such as installing double-glazing and improving roof insulation - to help make buildings more airtight - see .

Energy efficient building regulations

If you are having new premises built, or you are making structural changes to your existing premises, you must make sure they meet the requirements of Part F of the Building Regulations - see .

All commercial buildings require an energy performance certificate (EPC) when they are bought, let or sold. An EPC indicates how energy efficient a building and its services are. An EPC also contains recommendations for cost-effective changes that can be made to improve the building's energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions. See our guide on energy performance of buildings duties: an overview.

You must make sure you comply with the requirements of the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. These include getting your air-conditioning systems regularly inspected and obtaining an energy performance certificate when you construct, sell or rent buildings.

You may be eligible for a number of tax breaks if you introduce energy efficiency measures - see tax breaks to encourage energy efficiency.

Designing your products and services so that they produce less carbon is not only good for the environment, it will also make them more appealing to more environmentally-aware customers.

It can also help your business to win contracts, such as government tenders, where the use of environmentally-aware suppliers is encouraged.

Low carbon goods and the product life-cycle

To make low carbon goods, you need to consider environmental impact at every stage of your product's life-cycle.

The stages to consider include:

• Raw materials - these must be fit for their purpose, but try sourcing suitable alternatives that are more carbon efficient.
• Manufacture - can you make your product more simply, cutting the amount and number of materials? Could your manufacturing be more efficient, reducing waste and energy consumption? Are there renewable power sources you can use or can you generate your own energy?
• Retail - can you cut the distance your products are transported for sale - reducing fuel use and freight costs? Can you minimise packaging to reduce transport costs and waste?
• Use - can you design your product so it lasts longer or can be more economically repaired? Can you provide better instructions for users so they get a longer life out of the product?
• End of life - when the end user has finished with the product, is it designed to be reused, for example in a secondary market? If that's not possible, can you design the product so it can be recycled?

Consider the total impact your products or services have on the environment with a life cycle assessment and find out more about low carbon development with ecodesign for goods and services.

You can calculate the carbon footprint of your products - and identify areas for improvement - . There can be a real commercial advantage to adopting the standard, as it can help your customers to make more informed purchasing decisions.

Sourcing low carbon supplies and materials

Using suppliers of low-carbon products can have more benefits than just helping your business become more environmentally responsible. It can also show stakeholders - such as investors, employees and customers - that you are taking your environmental responsibilities seriously.

Even a simple step of buying products from local suppliers can cut down on the distance they are transported. Your local enterprise agency or trade association may also be able to help you find local suppliers of low carbon products.

Tax breaks are on offer as an incentive to encourage you to adopt certain environmentally-responsible practices. For example:

• Using sources of energy that have less environmental impact can make your business eligible for a reduction in the climate change levy.
• Encouraging staff and business travel by sustainable methods can attract certain tax benefits - see workplace travel planning.

If your business is in an energy-intensive sector, you may need to have an emissions trading permit.

Your business should measure and, where possible, avoid and reduce emissions. This can also help your business save energy and money in the longer term. However, there are emissions that cannot be avoided, and you may wish to balance the impact of such emissions through the purchase of carbon offsets.

Offsetting involves paying someone, somewhere else, to save emissions equivalent to those you have produced. These emissions savings - or 'carbon credits' - come from a variety of projects in a number of different countries. However, you should remember that offsetting alone will not necessarily make your company carbon neutral.

How can you check the quality of offset products?

To help you choose good quality offsets make sure you use an offset provider that can:

• calculate your emissions accurately
• deliver credits within a year of your buying them
• declare clearly how much the credits cost per tonne
• provide you with information about the role of offsetting in tackling climate change and advice on how to reduce your carbon footprint

If you intend to purchase carbon offsets, you should take the time to check that you are confident that the offsets represent real, independently verified emission reductions or offer other benefits - such as environmental or social - that you would like to 91香蕉黄色视频.

Becoming carbon neutral

Many businesses want to become carbon neutral - ie to reduce or offset their emissions so that their total net emissions are zero. The business benefits of this include:

• demonstrating a clear commitment to tackle climate change
• engaging employees and consumers on environmental issues

Under the government's definition, becoming carbon neutral involves three stages:

• calculating emissions - determining which emissions you're going to calculate, and collecting activity data on these
• reducing emissions - assessing what reductions you can make and deciding how to achieve this
• offsetting residual emissions - acquiring carbon credits to offset any emissions you can't reduce

The British Standards Institute (BSI) has also developed a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2060 on carbon neutrality. You can .

Carbon credits are financial instruments which permit the holder to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide. These can be traded if the emission allowance is not used.

Carbon markets are not intended for personal investors - if you buy carbon credits for money, you can fall prey to rogue traders and be unable to recoup your investment. Scammers can also use uncertainty around carbon markets to deceive businesses into handing over money.

What is a carbon credit scam?

Your business may be contacted by someone offering:

• carbon credit certificates
• voluntary emission reductions (VERs)
• certified emission reductions (CERs)
• a 'green' scheme or project that generates carbon credits as a return on investment

Such scheme do operate legitimately, however certification is voluntary and involves a wide range of bodies and different quality standards that are not recognised by any United Kingdom compensation scheme. 

Projects generating carbon credits are usually based overseas so UK authorities have no way of controlling the quality or validity of the schemes.

You should be wary of any scheme which offer green products and services as financial investments. Many businesses have reported they can't sell or trade their carbon credits, and have lost any money they've invested.

Fraudsters can also attempt to pressure businesses into buying non-existent 'green' products through deception. Some contact businesses using the name "Carbon Registry" as part of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). They will attempt to convince you to buy carbon credits, VERs or CERs at high prices under the threat of government enforcement or legal action.

How to protect your business from carbon credit scams

Always be wary if you're contacted out of the blue, pressured to invest quickly or promised returns that sound too good to be true.

It is important to know that carbon credits, emissions trading and such "green investment schemes" are not currently regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Even if an FCA-authorised firm is involved in the sale of carbon credits you have no right to redress or compensation if something goes wrong. You should always get independent professional advice before making any investment.

If you are contacted by someone claiming to work in a government department and applying pressure, take their details and contact the department through their main telephone number or contact form. You can find and .

How to report carbon credit scams

If you have any concerns about a suspected investment scam, contact the FCA on Tel 0800 111 6768 or by using their .

If the scam involves someone claiming to represent a government body such as DESNZ, you should contact the PSNI directly on Tel 101 (the non-emergency number) or