Carbon Literacy Course

Make your business climate-fit for the future

This course will give you and your company the knowledge and tools to get you started on a journey towards making your company fit for the future. No previous environmental understanding is needed. It will help you understand the jargon.

The course will equip everyone in your company with the knowledge to address the risks and make the most of the opportunities which climate change presents. It will suggest ways in which you can save costs, and provide resilience for your business.

It will help you engage your employees and communicate with others about the issues that matter today.

The course will encourage you to take practical actions which will support your Carbon Literacy assessment.

You will develop better relationships with customers, suppliers and investors founded on a carbon-neutral future.

We know you are busy people. Hence we engage participants in a fun, direct and interactive course, and after just one day we will leave you feeling more knowledgeable, empowered and inspired to take action as soon as you return to work. The course is delivered through PowerPoint, videos and breakout discussion groups to maximise the learning experience.

What will you learn?

• The basic science, and why it is urgent to take action
  
• The risks to your business in Shropshire
  
• How to measure and report your impact on the planet (carbon footprint)
  
• Why customers might force you to create a business plan – or else!
  
• How to reduce your use of energy, and save money and the planet
  
• How to reduce your travel and perhaps invest in electric vehicles
  
• How to improve your procurement and finance activities, to make them lower carbon
  
• Where to get funding
  
• How to get your employees to engage in better travel (bike to work?), energy and save you money
  
• How to communicate to others about climate change (don’t overwhelm)
  
• Know how to get a Carbon Literacy Project certificate