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Green Business Guides  >  Grants and Funding

Get a grant or funding to help your business reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Many types of loans and grants are available, either through the EU or privately. Climate Action is developing our funding database. To add a grant or fund contact: Laura Middleton
  • EU Cleantech Funds for business

    19 May 2011 |

    Within the EU, the need to switch to sustainable economies has created varied financing mechanisms for clean energy projects of all sizes, from small business to national transport, offering huge incentives for those businesses who are looking to invest in clean technology Climate Action looks at who can benefit from EU Cleantech funds and how. Read more...

  • Enhanced Capital Allowance: who can benefit?

    01 April 2011 | Finance/insurance, Europe

    Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECAs) are a straightforward way for a business to improve its cash flow through tax brakes. Benefiting companies of all sizes, the scheme offers ways to claim back the money a business invests in low-carbon technologies helping it go someway towards energy efficiency targets. Read more...

  • The Green Deal: what it means for business

    30 March 2011 | Energy, Finance/insurance, Europe

    Under the Energy Bill 2010, the Coalition Government announced the formation of the Green Deal. Available from Autumn 2012, the deal will allow households to get energy efficiency measures installed in their homes, without paying money upfront. But what shape will the Green Deal come in? And what will it mean for your business? Read more...

  • Options for funding water consumption improvements

    21 March 2011 |

    Current levels of water consumption are unsustainable and environmentally damaging. To combat this, several resources are now available offering funding to businesses to install energy efficient technology to reduce water consumption. Read more...

Climate Action 2011

Climate Action 2011

Know what actions industry leaders and climate change experts suggest to reduce carbon footprints and mitigate climate change - read the 2011 edition of Climate Action

Corporate Partners

  • Advanced Plasma Power Orona
  • Talesun RVE.SOL
  • Lorentz BearingPoint
  • Sovello Kaneka
  • Solar Nexus International Wonderbag
  • Photon Energy IDE Technologies Ltd
  • AEG Power Solutions Agrinos
  • RISO Nedbank
  • Anglo American Comision Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA)
  • Agro america The Building and Construction Authority (BCA)
  • Solaire direct ESRI
  • Raizen EDF Energy
  • Schneider Electric Brasil foods
  • Barloworld Natureworks
  • Keppel land Zorlu Energy Group
  • Fredericia Kommone - municipality Autodesk
  • Exxaro SCA
  • Bombardier Piotrans
  • Eisenmann African International Energy
  • Suntech CEMIG
  • New Holland Scania
  • VSHydro Blackberry
  • MTN Orange
  • Suzlon

White Papers

Climate Action Partners with NatureWorks for COP-16Climate Action Partners with NatureWorks for COP-16

Climate Action partnered with NatureWorks, maker of the Ingeo™ biopolymer, at COP 16.

Energy from Waste Conference

Efficiently utilising residual waste has become an issue of great importance recently.


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Press Releases

Nick Nuttall, UNEP Spokesperson officially opens Sustainable Innovation Expo receptionNick Nuttall, UNEP Spokesperson officially opens Sustainable Innovation Expo reception

For the third time, Climate Action, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), showcased the latest sustainable technological innovations and services to an international audience of government officials and environmental professionals at the 12th Special Session of the Governing Council and Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) of the United Nations Environment Programmeon the 20-22nd February in Nairobi, Kenya.

New Holland’s online CarbonID™  calculatorNew Holland’s online CarbonID™  calculator

New Holland has developed a carbon footprinting method which enables farmers and contractors to calculate the carbon footprint of their current tractor fleet.


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