Seven principles of place-based net zero policy for SMEs
Thursday 06 Jun 2024
SMEs – businesses with up to 250 employees and turnover under £50m – are essential yet largely neglected actors in the UK’s energy transition. A new report co-authored by Dr Sam Hampton, Acting Energy Programme Deputy Lead at the ECI, sets out policy recommendations to transform SME.
SMEs are essential to achieving net zero and account for up to half of business emissions. Place-based approaches play an important role in meeting this challenge.
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