NET ZERO
FIVE FUNDED GREEN ENERGY ASSETS FOR YOUR NET-ZERO STRATEGY Successfully adopting and using new technologies is an essential part of reaching net-zero emissions. Energy and sustainability services company, SMS, takes a look at the foremost carbon reduction (CaRe) assets on the market today, which they can fund, design, install and deliver for your business as part of an integrated net-zero strategy.
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here is no single certain route to net-zero carbon emissions, whether speaking from the perspective of our national 2050 target or from the standpoint of an individual organisation. With so many moving parts, there remain plenty of unanswered questions, ifs, buts and maybes whenever the topic is deliberated. However, as the climate clock keeps ticking, none of us – not government, not industry, nor consumers – can really afford to stand still despite the uncharted territory. What is clear is that we must start reducing carbon emissions now, no matter what. Therefore, in these early days of embarking on net-zero decarbonisation journeys and the general absence of well-trodden zero emissions pathways, it is up to UK businesses and public
sector organisations to blaze their own trails and become leaders of sustainability. Most won’t be able to achieve this entirely on their own – they’ll need to work with experienced energy and sustainability partners, who not only have the required technical expertise and energy market knowledge, but the strategic acumen and engineering skills to deliver achievable zero carbon outcomes. At SMS, we are already working with our clients to put such plans in place and help them make sense of net zero. This includes acknowledging that, whilst there might not be a single route to carbon neutral emissions, clear potential paths certainly do exist and are achievable – particularly in terms of the low-carbon energy assets and solutions that are readily available to invest in and benefit from. Successfully navigating and
