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Online Calculators

A full list of online calculators is available to members in the Member Resources area, here (login required).

British Chambers of Commerce – Net-Zero Online Hub

Developed by a range of leading business organisations, including the British Chambers of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry, the Federation of Small Businesses and Make UK

British Standards Institute:

BSI Carbon Hub

BSI Sustainability Evaluator

Carbon Trust:

Guides, Reports and Tools

Federation of Small Businesses:

Sustainability Hub

This page includes a great video of a webinar with some fantastic content highlighting four key steps from baseline and creation of your carbon footprint, carbon reduction plan, offsetting, and external validation.  There’s also some great graphic slides showing the demand and challenges for action at a business level.

Royal Society of Chemistry

RSC – includes a guide to scope 3 emissions, a guide to carbon footprints

Open University

A range of information and free online courses are available. Including information around digital carbon footprints.

Planet Mark

Beginners guide to carbon foot printing targeted at SMEs

Sage

A useful guide to options on calculating your organisation’s footprint

UK SME Climate Hub

Useful Tools

UKGOV

Conversion tables for all different data available for download

Zero Waste Scotland

About Circular Economy

Library of Good Practice

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Navigating Jargon

Some acronyms you may come across regarding sustainability:

  • EPD – Environmental Product Declaration
  • GHG – Greenhouse Gas
  • GHG Protocol – Greenhouse Gas Protocol
  • GWP – Global Warming Potential
  • SECR – Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting
  • WFH -Working from Home