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A coalition of major organizations has announced the launch of a groundbreaking one-stop-shop climate action platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to curb carbon emissions, build business resilience and gain a competitive advantage.

The SME Climate Hub — co-hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, the We Mean Business coalition and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign — was launched at the 2020-edition of New York Climate Week.

The SME Climate Hub will encourage small and medium-sized companies to commit to halving greenhouse gas emissions before 2030, reaching net-zero emissions before 2050. SMEs making this commitment - which will be globally recognized by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign - will be able to take advantage of accessible tools and resources to help them reduce emissions and build business resilience. The platform will couple these tailored resources with opportunities for businesses to unlock direct commercial incentives.

Normative.io is the technology provider for the SME Climate Hub platform, based on its leading expertise with automated sustainability management software. One of the features of the Normative software will help companies to go from mapping 0-10% of their carbon emissions to mapping 100% of their emissions, because ‘what doesn’t get measured, doesn’t get reduced’’.

Kristian Rönn, CEO of Normative, explains “we live in an exponential world, we had exponential economic growth, but also an exponential rise in emissions. Now we need exponential climate action”.

Source: https://www.eco-business.com/press-releases/new-initiative-aims-to-help-smes-halve-emissions-before-2030/