Carbon management plans - read local case studies

Our pilot carbon management project completed in Spring 2023. We worked with businesses across the area, helping them understand the environmental and economic benefits of a carbon management plan.

Read some of our success stories and how businesses benefitted from implementing carbon measuring and tracking.

Jabberwocky cafe frontage.

Jabberwocky - East Lothian Leisure Ltd.

Estimated yearly total cost savings: £12,824

Estimated yearly total carbon savings: 14,936 kgCO2e

Read about their carbon action plan

The front of the Royal Mackintosh Hotel

Royal Mackintosh Hotel, Dunbar

Estimated yearly total cost savings: £12,460

Estimated yearly total carbon savings: 61,327 kgCO2e

Read about their carbon action plan

Overview of Foxlake adventures site

Foxlake Adventures CIC, Dunbar  

Total savings of: 51,106kWh and £7,683

Carbon dioxide saving of 10,759kgCO2e

Read about their carbon action plan

Your journey to net zero

Now is a good time to start decarbonising your business:

  • get ahead of competition
  • contribute towards achieving net zero targets
  • great for publicity and marketing
  • impress and acquire new customers due to forward thinking
  • meet customer and supply chain expectations
  • reduce consumption and costs

Read about how to reduce your business' greenhouse gas emissions

Read more about net zero

Get help with a Carbon Management Plan for your business

Get help with a Carbon Management Plan for your tourism business

The Envirozone at the Fringe by the Sea festival. A giant sign says "Stop the bin sin" next to the recycling area.

Fringe By The Sea received funding from the Tyne & Esk Community Led Local Development Fund to support waste management initiatives in 2023.

 

Fringe By The Sea received funding from the community-led local development fund to support waste management initiatives in 2023.

 

Benefits of carbon management

Business benefits - get ahead of the competition

  • save money on items like packaging
  • identify carbon ‘hotspots’ in supply chain
  • reduce energy consumption

Environmental benefits

  • reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  • lower energy demand
  • increase on-site renewable energy generation
  • find long-term solutions that contribute to reducing the effects of climate change

Track your reduced carbon emissions

  • identify carbon ‘hotspots’
  • get good publicity for your business
  • contribute towards reducing the impact of climate change

Achieve net zero targets

  • positively contribute towards reducing climate change impacts
  • inspire other businesses to take more action
  • contribute to national and international climate change targets
Fringe by the sea sustainability boards.