Resources

There are a range of resources available for small businesses to use to identify potential reductions, calculate, monitor and record savings made. Following is a list of free resources you can use.

Business Environmental Footprint Checklist

The Business Environmental Footprint Checklist is available to all businesses.

This Checklist is used by businesses in our workshops. It will be able to assist you with identifying potential savings to reduce your business footprint.

To use the Checklist, answer Yes or No if you have done or have not done the listed actions. The actions where you have answered No then forms the basis of activities to be included into your Business Environment Action Plan.

You may also need to consider:

• What resources you will need to implement the action, such as:
• Staff – Who will implement the changes?
• Money – What budget is available and how long before costs are recovered?
• Timeline to implement – major priorities to be completed first
• Monitoring activity – monitor and identify savings made

The Checklist is designed to prompt you about measures you can take in your business. To find out more please consider attending one of our many workshops being held through the region.

Click here for a copy of the Checklist »

Australian Conservation Foundation: Consumption Atlas

Maps the pattern of consumption and the impact on the environment for each Shire area.

Type in your postcode to find out your:

• Environmental footprint (area required per person)
• Water consumption
• Greenhouse gas pollution (tonnes of carbon)

Compare your average to other regions throughout Australia.

http://www.acfonline.org.au/consumptionatlas/

Australian Greenhouse Challenge Plus

Greenhouse Challenge Plus enables Australian companies to form working partnerships with the Australian Government to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Become a member today.

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Energy Audit Tools

Effective management of your organisation's energy usage is good business sense. It can produce both environmental and economic benefits — and importantly reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.

The Greenhouse Challenge is a program to help businesses identify and track their improvements and emissions using a simple Checklist and Action Plan.

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Resources

The program offers a wide range of publications, fact sheets and tools to help your business identify, track, calculate and report how and what your businesses' greenhouse gas emission reductions.

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