Top 10 sustainability tips for businesses on the journey to be more sustainableLooking for easy, low-cost ways to do your bit? Here’s our rapid round-up.

No-cost actions

  1. Swap your usual search engine for Ecosia and help plant trees with every search. Ecosia plants trees where they are needed most.
  2. Download the “Too good to go” app and fight food waste. Find out which local eateries have fresh, surplus food ready for you to buy at a discount at www.toogoodtogo.co.uk
  3. Visit https://www.refill.org.uk/refill-hertfordshire/ to find out how you can become a refill hero and help reduce the rising tide of plastic pollution.
  4. Become a Terracycle collection point and help recycle the unrecyclable and divert waste from landfills: https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/
  5. Reduce the emails stored on your server and save on the energy used to power data storage centres.
  6. Turn down the thermostat by just 1 or 2 degrees and reduce your heating bill.

 

 No to Low cost actions

  1. Switch to a 100% renewable electricity tariff with https://bigcleanswitch.org/business/
  2. Check out ethical bank accounts and pension providers at https://switchit.moneyhttps://bank.green
  3. Insulate your home and keep in the heat.
  4. Switch to LED lighting to reduce your carbon footprint and lower your energy bills:
    https://www.carbontrust.com/who-we-are  
    https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/listing/grants-and-loans/

 

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