“I founded Beyond Green, partly to align my values and ethics with the organisation I work for and lead. This blog post outlines my personal journey of aspiring to live our values, in particular fairness, compassion and honesty, in relation…
Sustainability For Distilleries And Breweries – where do you start?
Introduction Whisky, beer and gin sectors have changed a lot in Scotland and the UK in the last few years. Markets that used to be dominated by a few large producers have now diversified and smaller producers have been springing…
Zero Waste Scotland – Energy Efficiency Business Support
Following on from our post on resource efficiency, we wanted to give you an overview of how Zero Waste Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Business Support Service works and how it could help your business. This information will primarily apply to you…
Winter newsletter – Remote working, retainers, and our values
In our winter newsletter below, we’ll share a few updates on our work over the last month, our commitment to our values, and what we have been involved with beyond client work. Remote Working Update Stepping into the world of…
Moving beyond a compliance mindset to create value
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…