What this guide is
Find out about sustainability support available for businesses, including carbon baseline assessments and networking events.
Carbon baseline assessments
Curious about your carbon footprint?
Understanding your businesses carbon footprint can help identify opportunities to reduce energy use, lower operating costs and improve business efficiency. This fully funded assessment provides a clear picture of your current emissions and highlights practical actions that could deliver both environmental and financial benefits.
As customers and suppliers increasingly look for evidence of sustainability, this report can help you:
- unlock funding opportunities
- support investment decisions
- strengthen your competitive advantage.
How to ask for an assessment
Email us and say you’d like a carbon baseline assessment. Please include in your email:
- your name or another contact’s name
- the business name
- a contact email address (if different to the one you contacted us with).
Net Zero Business Grant
With energy bills and operating costs on the rise, it's becoming more expensive than ever to produce carbon emissions.
Assess your energy usage, review where you source your energy from, and install energy efficiency measures - and the average small-to-medium-sized enterprise could reduce energy bills by 18-25% and reduce their overall carbon footprint.
What the grant is
Renfrewshire-based SMEs may be eligible for discretionary grants of up to £10,000 (up to 50% of project costs) to support carbon reduction projects, helping businesses cut costs, strengthen competitiveness and invest in a more sustainable future.
Who can apply
The Net Zero Business Grant is open to small and medium-sized businesses, including social enterprises, which meet all of the following criteria:
- the applicant is a full-time business and has a business bank account
- the business operates from commercial premises within the Renfrewshire Council area, for which there is a signed lease, rental, or licence agreement in place
- at the time of submitting the grant application, the business is neither in bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar.
This grant is not available to community groups or not-for-profit, voluntary, or charitable organisations.
How to apply for the grant
Email us if you'd like to discuss your proposal before you apply:
Events and networking
Sustainability can feel like a complex journey, but you do not have to navigate it alone.
Our regular sustainability events bring together businesses from across Renfrewshire to connect, share experiences, and learn from one another. Whether you're just getting started or already taking action, you'll find a friendly, supportive space to ask questions, discuss challenges, and be inspired by what others are achieving.
Why get involved
Build valuable connections
Meet like-minded businesses who are facing similar opportunities and challenges on their sustainability journey.
Learn from real experiences
Hear how other local businesses are reducing costs, improving efficiency, cutting carbon emissions, and responding to customer expectations.
Stay informed
Keep up to date with the latest sustainability trends, funding opportunities and support available to businesses.
How to sign up for event updates
Email us and say you’d like to sign up for event updates. Please include in your email:
- your name or another contact’s name
- the business name
- a contact email address (if different to the one you contacted us with).