Why should my business be carbon neutral?The climate change threat has moved to the top of the agenda in corporate and private life. Nowadays a business's attitude and actions towards climate change determine its public perception and success. Thus the environmental performance and the financial performance of a business are intrinsically linked.
By joining us to help solve climate change, you will showcase your proactive business approach and environmental initiative.
Acting against climate change early brings unique business opportunities:*
- Early mover benefits
- Reputation gains
- Preparing your business for future legislations on climate change
- Financial benefits from public support schemes
- Cost savings from efficiency gains and improved profitability through improved productivity
- Expansion into new business sectors and industries
- Additional value from and support for core business strategy
- Generation of carbon commodities through participation in established carbon markets
- Improved analyst perception (and hence share price gains)
- Employee retention/engagement
The following risks are associated with refraining from adopting a proactive approach to climate change:*
- Compliance and non-compliance costs
- Inequity in the distribution of the burden for emissions reductions
- Corporate competitiveness
- Restriction of activities
- Contraction in demand for carbon intensive products
- Regulatory uncertainty
- Lack of regulatory harmonisation and possible barriers to trade
By joining our carbon neutral or low carbon certification program, your business will show commitment to the environment by reducing its impact on climate change. You will lower your business’s carbon footprint, attract new customers and increase your environmental portfolio. You will also be able to display our well-established NoCO2 or LowCO2 certification logo and offer carbon neutral products. As LowCO2 certified business, you can even give your customers the choice to make products they buy from you Carbon Neutral at the point of sale!
That way the growing number of environmentally conscious businesses and consumers will have an easy way to identify your business and products as leaving no harmful carbon footprint and being part of the solution for climate change.
You can start the process today!
* referenced from 'Carbon Conscious', a survey undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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