This week’s blog uncovers the 5 key things you need to look for when sourcing an Energy Services Partner (ESP) for your school’s Net-Zero Carbon plan.

This week we explore the importance of strategic partnerships when developing a Net Zero strategy and the funding routes available to Schools and Trusts.

Find out more about each option available and how to secure funding from any one of the three routes discussed.

So what does a good NetZero Strategy look like? Find out in this week’s blog, where we discuss the importance of developing a NetZero strategy and how implementing one will help achieve and reach long-term Net-Zero ambitions.

Procurement ultimately underpins all operations across a School and Trust, that is why this week we have focused on how your school or academy trust can reduce carbon and save costs through adopting a sustainable and circular economy procurement approach.

In this week’s series learn about lifecycle costs, supply chain carbon footprint and sustainable sourcing, and collaborative circular partnerships.

Part 2 of our blog series looks at the quick wins and simple changes schools and academy trusts can take to reduce carbon emissions while working towards a Net-Zero future.

By going over the Practical Steps Schools & Academy Trusts can take to reduce Carbon Emissions, we examine medium to long-term Energy Saving technologies and tips, while also discussing the benefits of Carbon Offsetting.

Join us over the coming weeks where we shall be discussing and sharing the practical steps schools and academy trusts can take to reduce carbon emissions and move towards a net-zero future.

This week and in part 1 we are covering behavioural change and how setting clear targets and having access to the right resources can make tangible change.

In today’s blog we explain what net-zero pledges are, who in the education sector is leading the way forward, and what can we learn from them when taking the pledge to transition to Net-Zero.

We discuss how to join the pledge to go net-zero and how you can get started on your journey by registering to receive our net-zero resources for schools and academy trusts, where we shall share insightful ways to cut carbon emissions and the exact steps you can take to become a zero-carbon school by 2030.

With ambitious targets set for schools to move towards net-zero, and the UK's hosting of this years 26th UN Climate Change Conference, there are some big questions surrounding the means by which schools can reach net-zero, reduce their emissions, and use investment and procurement to leverage the transition to zero carbon in the short, medium, and long term.

In today’s blog, we cover some of these big questions when discussing what is meant by net-zero and what it means to be a net-zero school.

Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) is a compulsory energy and carbon reporting scheme for organisations to report on their carbon emissions, the regulation also applies to Academy Trusts. Today’s blog covers what Academy Trusts need to report on and how to stay compliant with SECR.