Engineering Capacity | SUSTAINABILITY Control Energy Costs (CEC) is helping SMEs become more sustainable by launching a new e-book and short film. They are designed to be a simple guide to help businesses understand more about renewable energy, how they can start reducing their carbon footprint and why it is important to engage with your employees. There are also sections covering the differences between Net Zero and carbon neutral. It comes after CEC made its own commitment to become Net Zero within 12 months, with management working with its 25-strong workforce to review its current carbon footprint, before putting in place a blueprint to reduce energy consumption, purchase energy from renewable sources and rebalance any carbon emissions.“Sustainability is firmly in the news and our Government has an ambitious target for when the entire country will be Net Zero,” commented Phil Ager, Managing Director of CEC. “Our experts have so much knowledge and experience, we decided to package this expertise into an e-book and short animation. “All sectors need to do more and there is legislation on the way that will make reporting and reducing carbon mandatory. We want to make sure our clients are in a position to comply with the new rules.” The guide covers five main sections, ranging from the different types of renewable energy you can choose and the risk of falling for ‘greenwashing by companies’ to MAY 2021
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engaging employees, Government legislation/schemes and how you can carbon offset. It also tackles the importance of having an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) framework in place, which could deliver companies a commercial and competitive advantage when tendering for new work. “For manufacturers that lead the way in transitioning to a low carbon
economy, there can be significant opportunities,” added Phil. Control Energy Costs offers an initial ‘no cost, no obligation’ audit review of both current and historic energy arrangements, looking for opportunities to secure retrospective refunds and rebates, reduce non-commodity/third party charges and, where appropriate, advise on future energy contracts. 8 cec.uk.com/greenenergy
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