Greener Footprints for your Business
Greener Footprints is here to support your business to cut emissions and support the local natural environment.
The Greener Footprints Business Network brings together businesses from across Herefordshire to share best practice, celebrate progress, and enable organisations to push forward, together.
Register for free with the Greener Footprints Business Network to receive updates on new energy, climate and nature resources for your organisation, as well as grant funding opportunities.
Greener Footprints for your Farm
We are continuing our work with farmers and landowners across Herefordshire to help them reduce their carbon footprint and potentially save money whilst remaining productive. Find more information and resources.
Greener Footprints Webinars
March '24 saw the launch of the Greener Footprints Sandwich Session Webinars - Covering a range of topics including nature in the workplace, electric vehicles, energy, and more. Each session will be just 30 minutes or less, including time to ask questions.
Alongside these short sessions we have hosted a number of longer format webinars, aiming to offer information and guidance, bringing in experts and case studies to discuss sustainability topics You can read more about these and watch recordings here.
Current funding opportunities
The Marches Energy Grant (MEG) offers free advice, energy assessments and grants for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures to SMEs from all sectors in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The funding is also available to support community buildings.
Assessments are for SMEs who wish to use their energy more efficiently, reducing costs and improving environmental credentials.
The grant value has been recently amended to be worth up to £60,000 - up to 75% of the costs of the project for eligible businesses.
Contact the team at Worcestershire County Council who are administrating the grant through Grants@worcestershire.gov.uk.
