Avery & Brown commits to Net Zero and becoming a UK Business Climate Action Leader

Russ Avery • Jul 01, 2021

Avery & Brown makes the SME Climate Commitment

Today, we are delighted to have made the SME Climate Commitment.

The SME Climate Commitment is an internationally recognised climate commitment which is aligned with the latest climate science. SMEs that make the SME Climate Commitment will be recognised by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign and join a wide range of governments, businesses, cities, regions, and universities around the world that are committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions.

Recognising that climate change poses a threat to the economy, nature and society-at-large, we

commit to take action immediately in order to:

Halve our greenhouse gas emissions before 2030
Achieve net zero emissions before 2050
Disclose our progress on a yearly basis

In doing so, we are proud to be recognised by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign, and join governments, businesses, cities, regions, and universities around the world with the same mission.

What are we going to do?

We will start taking action immediately - in fact, we have already started!

Some of the key actions we will be taking include:

Measuring and estimating our current greenhouse gas emissions (this is happening as I write this)
Setting short and medium term targets for our emission reductions in line with the commitment
Developing a plan to achieve your emission reduction targets
Starting to take concrete action to reduce our key emission sources and move toward the net zero target date we have selected, which is 2030 (and we are confident we can easily beat that!)
Encourage other SMEs to do the same!

By making the SME Climate Commitment, we are sending yet another message to our clients and our community that we are taking steps to do our part to address the climate emergency.

You can expect to see a lot more action from us over the coming weeks and months as we push forward on #OperationRegeneration - our journey to become a regenerative business.

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