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Sustainability Spotlight February 2025
February 2025 newsletter on event carbon management, featuring COO Krys Stanton's trip to Ghana with Waste to Wonder's school-in-a-box programme, which NCZ made carbon neutral. It covers new 2025 partnerships, the free Carbon Insights Report, events, a digital spring-clean tip and a Zac Harkin spotlight.
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Sustainability Spotlight January 2025
New Year newsletter welcoming Gemma Connell full-time and stressing communicating your net zero journey through Marketing Guides and a forthcoming Content Hub. It promotes the free Carbon Calculator, lists events including a Tree in a Million networking event, gives a commuting tip, and spotlights Gemma.
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Communicating your journey: A guide to getting started
A guide to communicating a net zero journey, explaining why clear communication builds trust and inspires action. It offers tips (a clear narrative, transparency with verified data, multiple channels, audience engagement, visual storytelling) and monthly social-content prompts for Q1 2025 tied to key environmental days.
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Sustainability Spotlight December 2024
Christmas newsletter reflecting on a year of businesses starting net zero journeys and team growth. It promotes a 50%-off carbon-neutral Christmas party prize draw, lists upcoming events, gives an LED festive-lights tip, and spotlights new sales team member Zac Harkin.
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Sustainability Spotlight November 2024
November 2024 newsletter welcoming Zac Harkin to sales and congratulating businesses committing to Platinum certification, which pairs a PPN 06/21 Carbon Reduction Plan with a Supplier Compliance Programme. It promotes a carbon-neutral Christmas party offer, lists events, gives an eco-office-supplies tip, and spotlights CSO Adam Hoult.
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COP29: Time for collective action
As COP29 closes on a theme of collective action, the article offers three practical business steps (measure your footprint, set achievable incremental goals, and invest in energy-efficient technology) and reviews industry trends including tightening policy and standards, carbon-tracking innovation, Scope 3 accountability, renewable-energy shifts and circular-economy trends.
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Why your carbon footprint is bigger than you think…
Up to 90% of a business's footprint can sit in Scope 3 supply-chain emissions, making supplier engagement strategic. NCZ Platinum's Supplier Compliance Programme addresses this; the article notes Linaker, whose Scope 3 is 79.87% of its footprint, is running supply-chain webinars with the NCZ team.
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Sustainability Spotlight October 2024
October 2024 newsletter celebrating clients starting their journey and Linaker committing to Platinum certification, with Scope 3 at 79.87% of its footprint, supported by a supplier webinar programme reaching over 100 suppliers. It also covers the free Carbon Calculator, events, a winter energy-saving tip and a CEO Alan Stenson spotlight.
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Sustainability Spotlight September 2024
September 2024 newsletter on reforestation benefits and NCZ's Tree in a Million campaign with the Forest of Marston Vale. It congratulates clients reaching Gold certification, promotes a tender discount, lists industry events, gives a tree-sequestration tip, and celebrates Pip's first anniversary in Customer Success.
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Leave a legacy to be proud of…
Promotes NCZ's Tree in a Million campaign with the Forest of Marston Vale, aiming to plant 10,000 trees over five years and deliver over £1 million of benefit, as an academic study found every £1 spent on reforestation yields around £11. It invites businesses to book half-day planting events or sponsor trees.
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Sustainability Spotlight August 2024
August 2024 newsletter on elevating tender submissions with a 25%-off offer. It reports NCZ measured the IWFM North Summer Ball's footprint as Sustainability Partner, explains its Scope 1-3 carbon reports, lists industry events, gives an eco-hotel travel tip, and features a team-dogs spotlight.
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Elevate your tender submissions with NCZ’s sustainability expertise
A short piece noting ESG can account for over 30% of tender scoring, positioning NCZ's client-specific approach to reporting and managing contract emissions to make tender submissions a statement of intent that sets a business apart as the sustainable partner of choice.