Decarbonisation for Businesses

Struggling with rising energy costs, tightening regulations, and pressure to cut carbon emissions? Cornerstone makes decarbonisation simple and strategic, helping businesses understand their carbon footprint and identify energy-saving opportunities to move to cleaner operations.

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Decarbonising Your Business

UK businesses face rising energy costs, tighter environmental regulation, and growing pressure from customers and investors alike to cut emissions. Don’t be one of those who fall behind and miss out on net zero targets, and risk reputational damage, investor pull-back, and even potential loss of customers.

Cornerstone helps organisations move from intention to action with clear, actionable strategies that deliver where it counts, whether that be through retrofitting existing infrastructure or building out new facilities.

Understanding Decarbonisation Services

Decarbonisation means reducing the emissions created by how your business uses energy, operates buildings, moves goods and manages suppliers. For many UK organisations, this remains a challenge, with around two-thirds of corporate emissions still not covered by reduction targets.

We remove the complexity by identifying where emissions really come from and setting out a practical path to reduce them across your company.

Steps to decarbonise your business

Assess Your Carbon Footprint
Many UK organisations still lack a clear picture of their emissions, making progress difficult to track or evidence. Cornerstone delivers accurate carbon measurement and baseline assessments based on energy consumption, transportation, and waste generation.
Set Realistic Targets
Once the assessment is complete, the next step is to see how your business can action clear and measurable decarbonisation targets. These targets should be aligned with global climate goals and your industry’s best practices. For example, aiming to reduce your emissions by a certain percentage within a specific time frame.

Regulatory Compliance
UK climate policy continues to tighten, with schemes such as ESOS, SECR, and evolving net-zero requirements putting more responsibility on businesses. Falling behind means risking compliance violations, which come with a myriad of fines and costs.
Increased Resilience
Energy insecurity and price shocks have highlighted how vulnerable carbon-intensive operations can be. By reducing traditional energy demands via low-carbon sources, businesses can improve their own operational resilience.

Benefits of decarbonising your business

Cost Savings
Improving energy efficiency, using renewable power sources, and managing resource usage across your business can significantly reduce your operational costs. The sooner these changes are implemented, the sooner your company can reap the cash-saving benefits.
Enhanced Reputation
Nowadays, most people are environmentally aware and want to do their part in sustainable practises. Whether it be for B2B or B2C, customers, investors, and stakeholders increasingly value businesses that prioritise sustainability. By embracing decarbonisation, your business shows they align with these values, helping with your reputation and attracting eco-conscious customers and partners.
Regulatory Compliance
UK climate policy continues to tighten, with schemes such as ESOS, SECR, and evolving net-zero requirements putting more responsibility on businesses. Falling behind means risking compliance violations, which come with a myriad of fines and costs.

Increased Resilience
Transitioning to renewable energy sources and adopting sustainable practices can enhance your business’ resilience to potential energy price fluctuations, supply chain disruptions, and other climate-related risks. Relying on renewable energy can provide greater stability and reduce the vulnerability of your operations.
Access to New Markets
Many consumers actively seek out environmentally friendly and sustainable products and services. By decarbonising your business, you can tap into these growing markets and attract a broader customer base.

Why Choose Cornerstone As Your Decarbonisation Business?

Cornerstone combines eco-friendly insight with real-world delivery. This means not just finding what can be improved, but helping your business solve it, cutting emissions, controlling costs and keeping your business compliant, competitive and credible in a low-carbon UK economy.

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