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11 Jul 2023
Hospitality Sector and Net Zero
The food and beverage sub-sector comprises approximately 143,000 businesses, employs around 1.8 million people and in 2019, generated £40.4 billion in GVA.
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11 Jul 2023
The Food and Drink Sector and Net Zero
Food systems are the networks that produce, distribute, transform and consume food, from the farm all the way to consumers. These include farmers and the resources needed to grow crops, transportation and logistics, processing, retailers and more.
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11 Jul 2023
The Finance Sector and Net Zero
When it comes to climate change, the sector’s operational emissions are limited, with 90%+ of emissions falling within scope 3, known as ‘financed emissions’. In the push towards net zero, the sector has considerable influence, as its investments effectively fund the activities of every other sector.
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11 Jul 2023
The Construction Sector and Net Zero
Within the UK, construction and the built environment are directly responsible for 25% of emissions, rising to 42% if surface transport is included in the scopei according to the UK Green Building Council.
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11 Jul 2023
The Business Case for Climate Action
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a collection of the world’s leading climate scientists, has stated firmly that we need to keep global warming to within 1.5c of pre-industrial levels and we are currently 1.1c towards that limit, creating an imperative for action that we must all embrace.
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11 Jul 2023
Beyond Carbon Toolkit
The focus on tackling climate change and how businesses will achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is a hugely important issue, and one that goes beyond measuring and reducing energy use and carbon emissions. Engaging staff, looking to nature for solutions, adapting where and how people work or get to work can all play a part, and we explore these options in more detail in this guide. The resource is Member Only.
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