The recent COP26 event held in Glasgow in November 2021 has been seen by many commentators as a successful step towards securing global Net Zero by mid-century.
The need for change has been widely accepted by the business community, and a large number of initiatives are underway at all levels of the economy. Government is leading the way by setting challenging emissions targets and supporting the development of innovative technologies.
Achieving Net Zero requires actions not words. The question which arises is what can SMEs do to monitor and reduce their emissions?
Net Zero is creating exciting a myriad of opportunities and Innovate UK EDGE are working with a number of companies in this space.
Reshift Limited are a case in point, a start-up led by young entrepreneur Naseef Ahammed. The company was born in the Spark InTechnology Incubator at the University of Leeds with the goal of supporting the market transition towards sustainability.
Support from Innovate UK EDGE has led to the creation of their Free Carbon Dashboard, which helps SMEs better understand their carbon emissions and begin their sustainability journey. The dashboard is the first of a suite of Reshift’s Net Zero products, and is free to Xero users through the Xero app store.
The funded support from EDGE played a key role as Naseef acknowledges:
“I have been a part of multiple accelerators in my start-up journey, but the EDGE programme is the one that has helped me the most. Simon, Andy and the rest of the team offered me a critical analysis of my original business model and has been instrumental in Reshift’s pivot towards developing the Small business Carbon Dashboard and Net Zero strategy tools.”
Innovate UK EDGE are here to support growing, innovative, ambitious and scalable businesses. If your business is looking to innovate and you are interested in exploring what support is available, please get in touch and let us help you – https://www.innovateukedge.ukri.org/.
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