Small or medium sized company? Not sure what help is available?

The BEP provides free resource efficiency advice to companies with fewer than 50 employees. Through the Envirowise Small Business Support Programme, they can come to your site to identify where you can make cost savings on your waste, water and energy. For more information go to the BEP website.

Large company looking to make large savings?

The Carbon Trust provides free carbon surveys* to organisations with annual energy bills of more than £50,000. This will give you a practical way to reduce your carbon footprint, tackle climate change and cut costs.

Their carbon experts will:

• visit your premises
• identify energy saving opportunities with no or low cost of implementation
• offer practical advice
• present you with implementable recommendations for saving energy.

For more information visit the Carbon Trust Website

Need travel planning advice?

To help reduce carbon emissions and travel costs we need to reduce the number of cars on the road and the distance they travel.

If your organisation is located in Scotland and has more than 50 employees and/or 10,000 visitors per year, you may be entitled to free travel plan advice from an experienced consultant. All you need to do is complete this application form and return it to our partners, Energy Saving Trust at Transport advice team, 2nd Floor, Ocean Point 1, 94 Ocean Drive Edinburgh, EH6 6JH.

More information on travel planning and its benefits.

Green Fleet Reviews

Running a clean, environmentally friendly fleet offers your business many benefits. It can reduce transport costs, cut vehicle emissions and improve corporate social reputation.

Funded by the Scottish Government, green fleet reviews are carried out by specialists with a wide spectrum of experience working with a range of fleets. These provide organisations with tailored fleet management advice to help lower running costs, reduce environmental impact and enhance corporate social responsibility.

If you operate a fleet of 20 or more cars or vans in Scotland under 3.5 tonnes, you are eligible to sign up for a free review. For smaller fleets we offer telephone advice.

Download the application form (or phone 0131 555 7874) to apply for a Scotland green fleet review and return it to our Partners, Energy Saving Trust at Transport advice team, 3rd Floor Ocean Point 1, 94 Ocean Drive, Edinburgh, EH6 6JH.

Need a loan? At 0% Interest?!

Two options are available:

Energy Saving Trust:

Energy Saving Scotland - small business loans provides loans from £1,000 to £100,000 at 0% fixed interest to help businesses install measures that reduce energy consumption or to install renewable energy technologies.

The scheme is aimed at Scottish businesses that fall within the EC definition of Small and Medium sized Enterprise (SME), private sector landlords, not-for-profit organisations and charities. However, businesses operating in the fisheries sector do not qualify.

Call the Energy Saving Scotland advice network on 0800 512 012 and ask to speak to a business adviser.

Download a copy of the:

• Energy Saving Scotland - Small Business Loans brochure
• Energy Saving Scotland - Small Business Loans application form

Funded by the Scottish Government, the scheme aims to support companies taking action to reduce their energy bills.

Carbon Trust:

The Carbon Trust is able to make 0% loans for equipment upgrades, lending between £3,000 and £400,000 at 0% interest!

These interest free loans give you the opportunity to both modernise your business and reduce overheads, with your loan repayments comfortably covered by your estimated energy savings.

This is not just for SMEs!

The maximum loan limit available to borrow has now been doubled to £400,000. And while loans used to be available only to SMEs, they’re now also available to larger companies that don’t fall under the Carbon Reduction Commitment – this typically equates to those that spend less than £500,000 a year on electricity.

For more information, please visit the Carbon Trust website