Achieving net-zero is one of the biggest challenges businesses and organisations face in every sector. But to move beyond rhetoric and to make real progress organisations need the right tools and skills.
This is why, as well as providing a leading carbon calculator, SmartCarbon supports clients with carbon footprint and climate emergency training.
By creating in-house experts and champions, organisations can accelerate their progress and avoid the pitfalls that could put demands on resources and whittle away motivation. It is an option that can embed sustainability into the organisation’s culture.
That’s not to say that consultancy support can’t also provide capabilities to get you started or tackle your most technically demanding barriers. But in the long term, the organisation itself and its people lead you towards success.
Driven by leaders
The best place to start is with leaders. To quote Harvard professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter: “leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach”. And so, giving your senior people an insight into net-zero and the wider climate emergency can influence the entire business culture.
SmartCarbon has delivered C suite briefings and training across all sectors to clients whose leadership teams are now driving through sustainable change with confidence and a managed sense of urgency.
In-house experts
Leaders are key to influencing culture but there is also a need for individuals with the expertise and insight to help translate that influence into meaningful steps forward. These individuals are the “carbon champions” within an organisation – the go-to people who can identify priorities and build effective plans to reduce carbon emissions. They can come from almost any role within an organisation but have the enthusiasm and influence to make real positive change.
It’s critical that when starting your net-zero journey you consider the skills and knowledge that you will need to overcome the challenges and maximise the opportunities of embedding sustainability within an organisation.
Act now
For further information on SmartCarbon’s C suite training contact, Lee Jackson at [email protected]. You can also book on our Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) approved Carbon Champions course via Northumbria University at https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/continuing-professional-development-short-courses-specialist-training/carbon-champion-carbon-footprinting-management-and-reporting/.