The dreaded word ‘compliance’ for many business owners conjures up thoughts of constraints and costs – unnecessary red tape that can become a burden to their businesses. But compliance does not have to be a mere exercise in ticking checkboxes;…
How resource efficiency helps your business become more resilient
What is resource efficiency? The term ‘resource efficiency’ refers to using resources like materials, water, electricity, gas, oil (etc.) more efficiently, that is, in a way that uses less to get the same or a better result. As an example,…
The Sustainable Development Goals
What are they? The Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs) are global goals set by the United Nations to work towards a better, more sustainable world. There are 17 goals in total, ranging from reducing poverty over decent work and economic…
An Introduction To Net Zero – What You Need To Know
What is Net Zero? Net Zero refers to the British government’s goal to reach Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2050. This will mean both reducing consumption and off-setting it where reducing it isn’t possible. Carbon emissions are produced through almost…
Summer newsletter
In our Summer newsletter below, we’ll give you an update on changes within our team, improvements to our website and 6 years of Zero Waste Scotland work. How to find your footing during COVID-19 A few months ago, just as…
How to find your footing during COVID-19
It can be easy to become discouraged trying to navigate the fallout from the current COVID-19 situation; our people are scared for their livelihoods and their families, our work is at risk, and suddenly our businesses need to operate in…
Annual Report 2019
Below is our annual report for 2019. Last year was a big year for our company, and we wanted to share more about it! If you prefer reading a PDF version, there is a download link at the bottom of…
COVID 19 : Keeping People Safe and Continuing our Services to our Clients
Beyond Green is paying close attention to developments associated with Coronavirus (COVID-19). Our priority is to ensure the wellbeing and safety of our people, our clients, our business contacts and their families, and we are following government advice in taking…
Winter newsletter
Welcome to our quarterly newsletter! In this newsletter, we’ll give you the highlights of what we’ve been up to over the last few months, including our progress on Innovate UK Arena17 project, our Purple Tuesday Pledge, and our blog series…
Sustainability – Lost by Words
We say that sustainability is about more than the environment; it is also about the people living in it. This blog series is highlighting a few ways in which our conversations around sustainability aren’t always taking the big picture into…