Business Decarbonisation Support
3.1.3 Key Findings Drawing on this data and analysis, the following key findings appear important in designing support for business in Havering to decarbonise: •
A much larger proportion of Havering’s workers are employed by micro-SMEs than the UK as a whole, meaning that particular focus will need to be given to this group of businesses that will have very limited capacity to consider and make change.
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The top employing sectors of Havering’s economy are generally sectors where emissions are lower.
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Havering is home to a substantial number of construction sector businesses and employees, which is a particularly hard sector to decarbonise.
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The largest emitting sectors of Havering’s economy with more than 20 kt CO2e per annum are:
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49: Land transport and transport via pipelines (subsector of Division H – Transportation and storage’)
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38: Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery (subsector of Division E – Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities’)
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23: Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (subsector of Division C – ‘Manufacturing’)
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43: Specialised construction activities (subsector of Division F – Construction’)
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37: Sewerage (subsector of Division E – Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities’)
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50: Water transport (subsector of Division H – ‘Transportation and storage’)
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47: Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles (subsector of Division G – Wholesale and retail trade’)
When number of businesses is taken into account, a different list of major emitters is evident, showing where engaging with a smaller number of businesses may have a bigger impact: o
37 : Sewerage (subsector of Division E – ‘Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities’)
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23 : Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (subsector of Division C – ‘Manufacturing’)
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50: Water transport (subsector of Division H – ‘Transportation and storage’)
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38: Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery (subsector of Division E – ‘Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities’)
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However, often where the average emissions for each business is high, these subsectors are very challenging to decarbonise. So whilst they will need to be engaged with as a priority, they may not provide rapid gains.
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Given this context, if support is to be offered based on economic sectors it is likely to be beneficial to:
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Target the sub-sectors that have high total emissions regardless of number of businesses
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Ensure particular exploration of support to the handful of sectors with very high emissions per businesses in case dramatic improvements can be achieved
