Great Start

Support for businesses to GROW to become More sustainable and start your journey to net Zero

Great Start helps businesses across all sectors to transition towards net zero.

Did you know that –

88% of consumers will be more loyal to a company that supports social or environmental issues (Forbes)

Overall sales revenue can increase by up to 20% due to corporate responsibility practices ( Harvard business Review)

88% of consumers will be more loyal to a company that supports social or environmental issues ( Forbes)

Wherever you are on your journey to net zero, our free videos and content can support your business.

The great start scheme is here to educate you and your business on sustainability, provide digital content to show you why sustainability for your business is important and show you ways and means to apply it practically. We want to show you ways that going greener can still be profitable and maybe more. What taking consideration for the environment and your business’ impact can do for you within your own supply chain and look at helping open new opportunities through change.

Take Action – what to do now

• Watch the video content on youtube
• Educate yourself and your people on sustainability, net zero, carbon footprints and use this to start taking action.
• We recommend as a starting point you take the three points below. This will give you a baseline to start with and a simple way to look at how to take that baseline and start making changes, even small ones to making your business sustainable.
• Calculate the carbon footprint for your business – https://small99.co.uk/measure/
• Create a sustainability plan – Creating a Sustainability plan
• Set a carbon reduction plan
• There are many ways to reduce carbon or become more sustainable and we aim to provide as many ways to take these through Great Start so keep coming back to this site and we will be adding more content regularly.
• Digital Badges – There are digital badges to get alongside the content and these are a great way of showing your progress both individually and as a business

Small Business carbon calculator