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date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of a recent survey by YouGov and Veolia which found less than a third of UK businesses have a strategy for reaching carbon net-zero.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	98914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage with UK businesses to raise awareness of net zero and the benefits to business of making a net zero commitment. For example, through the small business campaign, the Government provides small and medium businesses with resources to help them achieve net zero. The Government has also detailed its strategy for new, economy-wide Sustainability Disclosures Requirements (SDR) in its ‘Greening Finance: A roadmap to Sustainable Investment’ policy paper, published on 18<sup>th</sup> October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2022 16:18:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 42458 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1400344

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help small and medium businesses reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	98915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to support UK businesses in meeting their net zero commitments. The former Net Zero Business Champion, Andrew Griffith MP, led the Race to Zero campaign targeting small and medium businesses, which boasts 2,604 participants to date. The Government has also improved support access via the small business campaign. All businesses that have made the small business climate commitment receive monthly communications from the Department, which signpost the latest policy and regulatory changes in addition to the “Together For Our Planet” digital toolkit.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2022 16:18:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 42459 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson