How to do a climate audit for your group or organisation

We know that individuals and communities cannot fix the climate emergency alone because it also needs businesses, industry, national and local governments to take action. However, we can still help by taking our own small and everyday actions, and by pressuring our politicians and services to do more.

Big organisations and businesses might have the resources to do complex, in-depth climate audits that measure their carbon footprint and identify ways to reduce it – but it doesn’t need to be that complicated! Small groups can do their own ‘group audit’ to identify what they’re already doing and what their next steps might be.

Over the last year we have helped small, grassroots groups with climate audits to help make them more sustainable and reduce their costs. We’ve supported peer support groups in West Dunbartonshire, Borders and East Renfrewshire to embrace sustainability and save their groups a bit of money.

“Making greener changes to the group like buying plastic reusable cups, cutlery, and refreshments in bulk has saved the group so much money and helped them become much more sustainable”

A climate audit is easy to start, it can be a simply conversation with group members about travel, refreshments or resources. It doesn’t have to be a one time event, you can monitor your group’s activities throughout the year and make changes when you can.

Download the Climate Audit Guide!

Want to dive deeper? Download our guide here: Climate Audit Guide