Resources

Surrey Chamber of Commerce Climate Change Hub

What we do here is share informative ideas, resources, funding, and best practice to help you become a cleaner, greener business.

There is a lot of ‘noise’ out there around net zero, carbon neutral, green economy, sustainability, biodiversity and climate, our aim is to cut through the noise and bring you the information you need through our links with the Governments #TogetherForOurPlanet initiative, BCC Net Zero Hub, Surrey Climate Commission, and other key stakeholders.

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WEAct Woking repair cafes

We aim to reduce the amount of items going to landfill and will also try to help people learn more about repairing household items.

A great team of volunteers has come forward to offer free repairs to: small electrical items, clocks, furniture, computers, garden tools, clothes and textiles.

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Planet Woking

We are Planet Woking – on a mission to address climate change and sustainability locally. We want to engage local residents, schools and businesses and enable them to play their part in enhancing the sustainability of the borough and, ultimately, achieving our aims for carbon neutrality.

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Bing Chat Enterprise – the new AI assistant available NOW to Microsoft 365 users

If you are using Microsoft 365 and have a license for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard or Business Premium you may have recently noticed a new ‘button’ appearing in the bar of the Microsoft Edge web browser. This innocuous looking symbol is the gateway to ‘Bing Chat Enterprise’, Microsoft’s generative AI chat service which is live in ‘preview’ now.

The team at Pro Drive IT are here to take you through some of the features.

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Carbon Calculator

Woking Environment Action (WEAct) has created a useful carbon calculator for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to better understand their carbon footprint and how they might be able to reduce their emissions.

WEAct carbon emissions calculator for businesses – Woking Environment Action.

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Sustainable Office Guide

This is a good time to re-evaluate our office spaces and business practices, and set a path to a more sustainable future. WWF UK have put together a handy Sustainable Office Guide to make it manageable for every business and organisation, regardless of size, to take action.

The guide explores 11 key topics, starting with the usual energy, water, and waste. We provide advice on reducing resource consumption, calculating outputs and translating these into emissions footprints, as well as ideas for next steps.

The Sustainable Office Guide is designed to help organisations begin considering how sustainability can be embedded within their business operations and to start their journey taking action on climate change.

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Lets make our workplaces sustainable

WWF UK have put together tips below to encourage businesses and organisations, no matter how big or small, to start embedding sustainability into business as usual.

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Emission possible

Businesses are critical in the fight against climate change as they are the source of most of the world’s emissions. That’s why emission reporting is so important; it will shed light on where our biggest impacts are and where we need to focus our attention. We cannot realistically tackle the problem if we don’t know the full extent of it.

WWF UK know this process can be confusing and time-consuming, and want to help streamline it for you. They have created an emissions reporting guide to help you understand what to do and empower you to take action.

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Employment Law Fact Sheet

Is your business prepared for upcoming employment legislation?

It may not have been top of your agenda up until this point, but now is the time to understand if any of the upcoming employment law changes will impact your business.

Catch up on the HR Department's employment law fact sheet which provides more information on important employment legislation.

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Using technology wisely to save energy costs

Using tech wisely to save energy costs

We have some ideas on how to save energy costs and increase your business productivity by utilising tech well, which will also be more eco friendly.

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Creating a sustainability strategy for your business

Improving the sustainability of organisations (something we do here at Energy Saving Trust) is becoming increasingly important every year as part of efforts to address the climate emergency. 18 % of the UK’s carbon emissions are from businesses and under the Climate Change Act, it is a legal requirement in the UK to reach net zero by 2050.

Wherever you might be on your sustainability journey, you need to have clearly defined targets to reduce your environmental impact. Improving the sustainability of your business operations will involve saving energy, water and waste through a comprehensive strategy and evaluation of efficiency.

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12 steps to secure your business from cyber attacks

As the threat of cyber-attacks continues to grow, it is crucial for businesses like yours to prioritise online security. Over the last 2 years, around 90% of UK businesses have faced an increased risk of cyber threats and attacks due to the adoption of digitalisation within their organisations. With this and the threat of cyber-attacks continuing to grow, it is crucial for businesses like yours to prioritise online security.


At The South East Cyber Resilience Centre, our mission is to help organisations like yours protect themselves from cyber threats. Don’t wait for your business to fall victim to an attack, take action today to secure your assets, technology and people.


To assist you in safeguarding your business, we have compiled a list of 12 essential steps to secure your organisation from cyber-attacks. These steps are based on industry best practices and our extensive experience in the field. By implementing these measures, you can significantly reduce the risk of falling victim to cyber criminals.

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Set up a business

Knowing where to begin and what is required of you as a business owner is hard. This guide sets out the different businesses you can set up, as well as explaining the legal and practical responsibilities of becoming a business owner and employer.

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Remote working for businesses

Whilst remote working does present a number of cyber security risks, but there are resources that businesses of any size can use to help mitigate against these risks.

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Hurst Warne

When it comes to retail space don't shop around... Speak to the experts!

Hurst Warne provide advice to Landlords and Tenants relating to property acquisitions/sales, lease renewals, rent reviews and investments. Please contact clare.charrett@hurstwarne.co.uk if we can be of assistance.

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Cyber incident response plan

Boost your cyber resilience with the South East Cyber Resilience Centre's cyber incident response plan.

A cyber security incident response plan provides a process that will help your business, charity or third sector organisation to respond effectively in the event of a cyber-attack.

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Business Continuity Web Site

Surrey County Council Business Continuity web page to help businesses with Contingency planning can be found at:

www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/emergency-planning-and-community-safety/emergency-planning/business-continuity

The site contains some simple tools that can be used to help your business ensure the arrangements are fit for purpose.

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