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How to reduce waste from your office
Key areas and issues to focus on when you are cutting the amount of waste that your office produces.
Spraying invasive plants with herbicide
How to use herbicide safely, effectively and legally to treat invasive plants on your land or around business premises.
Charging your business electric vehicles
Public and private charging networks and the process and incentives for installing charge points at your business.
How to dispose of pesticides and biocides
How to ensure that your waste pesticides and biocides are disposed of correctly and transported safely.
Motivating staff to make environmental improvements
How to gauge company-wide interest, appoint environmental champions, delegate responsibilities and encourage initiative.
Food and drink production
Guides which detail the legal responsibilities and best practice on environmental issues for food and drink businesses
Chemical industry
Guides detailing the environmental legal responsibilities for businesses producing and handling chemicals
Prevent climate breakdown: six practical steps your business can take
How your business can reduce its carbon emissions and make a genuine impact on tackling climate change right now
Environmental teams and champions
Advice on choosing the right person or team to co-ordinate and facilitate your business culture change.
Waste management training for your staff
How to identify staff training requirements to help your business meet its waste management responsibilities.
Do I need consent to discharge trade effluent?
Work out if your business needs a trade effluent consent or agreement before you discharge to the public sewer system.
Demonstrating management's commitment to environmental change
Ensure everyone knows that finance, time and staff resources are committed and are good, long-term investments.
Make the financial case for environmental improvements
Carrying out investment appraisals can help to convince management about the viability of environmental improvements.
Changing your organisation's environmental culture
Create a new working culture with shared vision, good teamwork and improved environmental awareness.
Tax breaks to encourage energy efficiency
Understand the tax breaks available for using cleaner energy and energy-efficient vehicles, plant and machinery.
Paper recycling options
The benefits of using recycled paper and an overview of the quality standards for recycled paper materials.
Make the non-financial case for environmental improvements
The non-financial factors to consider when persuading management about the viability of environmental improvements.
Why making environmental improvements is good for business
Environmental improvements can improve your business image to attract and retain good staff and generate good publicity.
Maintain communication about environmental improvements
Keep sharing ideas, train staff, take time out, be honest if things go wrong, encourage and incentivise.
How to cut carbon emissions from business buildings
Some of the measures you can take to cut the greenhouse gas emissions from your business premises and buildings.