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To support your organisation in pledging to become Net Zero, a list of some free tools and resources to help guide you are included below.

If you require any further guidance, please feel free to get in contact with our team at pledgetonetzero@wsp.com.

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Pledge to Net Zero Detailed Guidance:

• General Guidance for Signatories 

• Guidance for Accounting and Reporting

• Best Practice for Microbusinesses

• Race to Zero Guidance

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Webinar recordings: 

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'A Guide to Pledging' (Jan '20)

'A Guide to Setting a Science-based Target' (April '20)

GHG Reporting Guidance:

• GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting & Reporting Standard 

• UK Government Environmental Reporting Guidelines

• GHG Protocol Scope 3 Evaluator

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Science-based Target Initiative (SBTi) Resources:

• SBTi Corporate Manual

• SBTi Criteria and Recommendations

• SBTi Target Setting Tool (version 2)

• More SBTi guidance on setting a target

• SBTi: SMEs FAQs

• SBTi Business Ambition FAQ

• SBTI Corporate Net Zero Standard

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Calculating homeworking emissions:

• Homeworking emissions whitepaper

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Case Studies:

Looking for guidance on any of the below? Check out these signatory case studies!

• Office/site reduction (IOM3)

• Incentivising carbon reduction via employee benefits (WSP and Pawprint)

• Transitioning site energy use to renewable energy (IOM3)

• Reducing the room temperature (Emerald Green Environmental Management Services)

• Investing in renewable fuel and Stage V plant & electrically operated equipment (J Coffey Construction)

• Setting science-based targets and calculating your carbon footprint (AECOM, Energy Institute, Filkin & Co EHS Limited)

• Reducing business travel and employee commuting emissions (Comply Direct)

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Further thought-leadership:

Information on how some signatories have put the Pledge into practice and how they have overcome challenges can be found below for reference.

• AECOM: Setting science-based targets for carbon emission reduction: five key considerations

• One Planet Solutions Ltd: How to set science-based targets for carbon reduction

• IEMA: Pathways to Net Zero: Using the IEMA GHG Management Hierarchy

• WSP: Can We Make Net Zero Business As Usual? 

• Pawprint: 5 ways businesses can reduce scope 3 (without offsetting)  

'Practical carbon saving ideas from Pledge to Net Zero members' (August '22)

'COP27 – Key outcomes and the impact on climate policy' (Nov '22)