LEAP4SME – Meeting the SME decarbonisation challenge amid an energy crisis

We presented new research undertaken for the Climate Change Committee, giving detailed insight into SME owners and managers’ views on decarbonisation at a time when small businesses are facing multiple economic challenges.

We discussed the UK government policy framework and provided an opportunity to learn from what other countries in Europe and the UK are doing, including the Business Energy Scotland support programme.

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Agenda AND PRESENTATIONS

10:00 - 10:05 Welcome and Introduction
  • Adrianna Threpsiadi, Energy Saving Trust
10:05 - 10:15 LEAP4SME: The European experience, the policy landscape and common barriers
  • Adrianna Threpsiadi, Energy Saving Trust
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10:15 - 10:25 How can policy better support SMEs in the pathway to Net Zero?
Setting the context

  • Daisy Jameson, Climate Change Committee
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10:25 - 10:40 How can policy better support SMEs in the pathway to Net Zero?
The research findings

  • Jack Wilkinson Dix, Energy Saving Trust
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10:40 - 10:55 How can policy better support SMEs in the pathway to Net Zero?
Sector specific feedback: Insight from SME interviews

  • Trevor Wilkinson, Purple Market Research
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10:55 - 11:05 Q&A
11:05 - 15:15 BREAK
11:15 - 11:25 International case studies: Austria and Italy
  • Adrianna Threpsiadi, Energy Saving Trust
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11:25 - 11:40 UK case study: Business Energy Scotland
  • Douglas Harding, Energy Saving Trust
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11.40 - 11.55 UK case study: Northern Ireland
  • Gillian Stewart, Invest Northern Ireland
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11:55 - 12:10 Demo of the Business Carbon Calculator
  • Alexander Schmidt, Normative
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12.10 - 12.25 Q&A
12.30 Close

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