SME Certification Centre

16/11/2022

We are at the The Business Show at ExCeL London helping with simple and easy to deploy management systems covering sustainability and carbon management. We help you to stand out for your sustainability in front of your customers, employees and suppliers and show you are doing your bit to help the planet. Certifications are priced from £95+VAT.

08/09/2022

We are saddened to have learned of the death of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and share the nation’s sorrow.

SME Centre sends its sympathy to the Royal Household and the nation.

16/07/2022

Just being aware of things like this can help you think a bit more cleverly about how you use energy.

Take charge of your energy usage and bring down the cost of your bills with a few simple changes, inspired by the Samsung SmartThings Energy app.

16/07/2022

Smart Energy GB’s In Communities fund will help CARE provide information about smart meters and promote the importance of monitoring and managing energy use to households.

A community cooperative is offering free energy advice to local people in the light of spiralling energy costs.

15/07/2022

As well as ongoing savings on bills, improving the energy efficiency of an older property from EPC band D to C can cost up to £3,653 on a one-bed apartment or as much as £12,540 on a larger property.

Existing homeowners and first-time buyers believe it would be more cost-effective to move to a new-build home, rather than retrofit an older property to modern energy-efficiency standards, according to research by housebuilder, Redrow.

15/07/2022

Some of the many applications of IoT technologies in farming and agriculture include: Precision farming is somewhat of an all-encompassing term for the many applications of IoT that are being used to optimize farming processes.

With populations on the rise across the globe and climate change an ever-growing issue, sustainability is now more critical than ever. Population growth means more resources are used, more waste is produced, and more carbon emissions get released into the atmosphere. And overall, this means more pol...

12/07/2022

EDF Energy has been named as the supplier with the best customer service rating for the start of this year, with 3.6 out of five stars.

Citizens Advice says its helpline has taken more than 70,000 calls between January and March about energy issues - 63 per cent more than the same time last year

14/03/2022

The research should include peer-reviewed assessments of the effects of 5G on the energy consumption of mobile networks with better disclosure of the key data and assumptions used, CREDS adds.

Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions questions if gains may be negated by data creation

14/03/2022

The Independent Climate Change Committee has estimated that if the UK are to get to net zero, it will need to spend £55bn on improving efficiency in existing homes by 2050.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are calling for the UK’s draughty housing stock to be properly insulated in a national drive to reduce carbon emissions. The institute has calculated that insulation, double or triple glazing and gas boiler replacement in just 3.3m interwar homes in...

17/01/2022

In light of COP26, businesses have a growing responsibility to undertake environmentally sustainable practices and mitigate any potential damage to the environment – and one company can help you get ahead of the rest with recognised certification and support from £100 per year.

10/01/2022

Construction and Application Analysis of Carbon Emission Influence Factor Model of Energy Consumption in Mining Industry

With the proposal of China’s “double carbon goal,” as a high energy-consuming industry, it is urgent for the mining industry to adopt a low-carbon development strategy. Therefore, in order to better provide reasonable suggestions and references for the low-carbon development of...

10/01/2022

7) Big brand and retailers linked its financing to sustainability goalsAnother significant corporate move by John Lewis Partnership saw it linking a £420 million five-year revolving credit facility to environmental targets.

Despite nearly two years of disruption, the global fashion industry has remained focused on achieving a more sustainable way of doing business. As the Fashion on Climate report by the Global Fashion Agenda has set out, the industry has to cut its emissions in half by 2030 if it wants…