Sustainability for Small Businesses

Want to make your business greener but not sure where to start?

This hands-on, in-person workshop gives you simple, practical actions you can apply immediately to reduce emissions, cut costs, and future-proof your business. No jargon. No overwhelm. Just real, achievable steps tailored to the realities of running a small or growing organisation. The session will last 90 minutes, with 30 minutes of networking afterwards.

During this session, you will:

• Understand the fundamentals of sustainability for small to medium size organisations
• Learn where emissions typically come from and how to reduce them
• Get clear on what “net zero” actually means for a business like yours (and why the big companies are shifting toward net positive)
• Discover quick wins that save money and reduce your carbon footprint
• Explore longer-term opportunities, including funding pathways
• Create a simple, personalised Action Plan to take away and start implementing right away

Andrea has supported more than 500+ social enterprises and SMEs globally, specialising in regenerative leadership, sustainability, and business transformation. She is known for making complex concepts feel human, accessible, and surprisingly energising. Expect a session that’s equal parts grounded guidance, real talk, and practical tools you can actually use.

NetShift is a South West–based sustainability partner helping SMEs across Devon reduce carbon, strengthen resilience, and unlock greener ways of working. Through the Decarbonisation Programme with Libraries Unlimited and BIPC Devon, NetShift has already supported hundreds of local businesses with carbon audits, tailored decarb plans, funding guidance, and one-to-one consulting.

Our mission? To make sustainability straightforward, affordable, and achievable for every organisation - no matter its size, sector or starting point.

• Micro businesses, SMEs, community spaces, and social enterprises
• Organisations at the beginning of their sustainability journey
• Teams who feel overwhelmed by the sustainability agenda and want clear, simple guidance
• Any business eager to cut costs, improve efficiency and stay ahead of regulation

Whether you’re a one-person or a 50-person organisation, you’ll walk away knowing exactly where to start - and what to do next.

Those who attend will offered the chance to secure follow-on consulting and support from NetShift, fully funded by the UK Government's Shared Prosperity Fund, in partnership with Teignbridge Council. Limited spaces apply. Consulting will take place throughout February & March, and will include a full carbon audit, and a carbon policy for your organisation.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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