Our goal is to challenge businesses in Northern Ireland to reduce their impact on the environment, transforming them into businesses that operate with sustainability as a core principle. Alongside a wide range of programmes and resources offered through our Business Action on Climate campaign, our suite of training and advisory workshops – outlined below – have been designed with this goal in mind.
Carbon Literacy Training
Business in the Community’s Carbon Literacy Training has been designed to raise awareness of the core elements of Carbon Literacy, as well as explore the opportunities, risks and challenges that climate change will present.
It is accredited to meet the Carbon Literacy Standard, verified independently by The Carbon Literacy Project.
Climate Action Programme
Through the Climate Action Programme we recruit Climate Champion organisations – leaders in climate action – who invite and support SMEs in their value supply chain to kick start their climate journey and take action on the climate crisis by completing this three-month training programme.
Measuring Your Carbon Footprint Advisory Workshop
This two-hour session is led by BITCNI’s Environment Advisory team and covers the end-to-end process of measuring an organisational carbon footprint.
The session will be most useful for SMEs or larger businesses in the early stages of their carbon management journey, ie those that are starting to measure their carbon footprint or are seeking confidence that their approach is in line with carbon accounting best practice and standards.
The session will be delivered digitally and is designed to be bespoke to a single participant organisation.
Duration | Approx. two hours per session
Delivery Method | Online or in person
Maximum number of attendees | 6-12 participants per cohort
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Target Setting and Defining your Environmental Strategy Advisory Workshop
This session is led by BITCNI’s Environment Advisory team and aims to help businesses as they prepare to set their own climate action commitments and strategy.
It provides a comprehensive overview of what ‘net zero’ means, what a credible and impactful target looks like and practical steps to achieve reductions across scopes 1, 2 and 3.
The session can be tailored to the participant organisation or to specific audiences (eg specific business functions or roles)
Duration | Approx. three hours per session (can be split into two sessions)
Delivery Method | Online or in person
Maximum number of attendees | 6-12 participants per cohort
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Carbon Conscious Training
This carbon consciousness workshop, delivered by the BITC Environment Advisory team is suitable for all staff levels and roles. Attendees gain an understanding of the influence that carbon and emissions factors have on sustainability and strategic decision making within business.
Duration | Two hours per session
Delivery Method | Online or in person
Maximum number of attendees | Up to 18 participants per cohort
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