Why should your business be sustainable?
As a business, you have an important role in the UK’s sustainability mission. No matter the size of your company, managing waste effectively is morally and legally necessary. Sustainable waste practices positively contribute to nationwide carbon footprint targets and environmental goals.
This will help you comply with the Environmental Act 2021 legislation set by the government. By 2025, all SMEs must comply.
Fix how your business manages waste and see the difference.
What are the benefits?
- Keep on improving:
By adopting sustainable business practices, you gain a deeper understanding of how your waste is handled. This awareness is crucial for making future improvements. With this knowledge, you can easily identify waste streams, simplifying their management and reducing the risk of harmful impact. - Craft a positive reputation:
45% of people prefer using sustainable businesses. By ensuring business compliance with legislation, you can promote a sustainable brand. Sustainability benefits your business’s public image, showing you’re conscious about key issues. This also applies to attracting new investors. - Stand out from competitors:
Being a sustainable business isn’t something everyone can say. Look at your competitors and see if they promote sustainable practices. See what they fail to do, and do it. See what they already do, and do it better. Become a leader in your sector.
What can you do?
1. Create a waste management plan
First, look at how your business currently manages waste, and see how you can do it better with a focus on carbon footprint reduction. We offer waste audits like this for free. From that, we can create a tailored waste management plan, aiming to improve areas of concern. By knowing what you can do better, you can work step-by-step towards key sustainability targets.
2. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Working towards your goals.
Most waste management plans will include details on how to manage your waste.
‘Reduce’ focuses on minimising the waste your business generates, whether on a small or large scale. Begin by addressing employee waste, and on a broader level, work towards optimising the use of raw materials.
‘Reuse’ helps you see the potential in equipment and some materials. Recognise all possibilities in what you use. Then, find the opportunity to make the most of it before it becomes waste.
‘Recycle’ highlights the potential that your waste can be used again. A sustainable and reputable waste management company will handle your collections and eliminate any concerns about its use.
3. Continued improvement.
By following a bespoke waste management plan, you will be in a more sustainable position than before you started. You’ll soon notice the positive impact it has on your business.
Why stop now? Why not go further?
Once you’ve met your carbon emission targets, conduct another waste audit. Although there will be fewer areas of concern, this is a chance to explore further improvements. Think of it as an ongoing cycle!
How can we help
We can help your business become more sustainable through carbon footprint reduction and bespoke waste management services. At every step, we provide bespoke support with waste stream management, waste collection and meeting sustainability targets.
Get in touch to see what we can do for your business.
