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Doha
The launch of SME Climate Hub will play an important role in curbing carbon emissions and benefit companies by lowering costs and increasing competitiveness, Qatar Chamber and ICC Qatar Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani has said.
A coalition of major organisations 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 competitive advantage.
The SME Climate Hub is made possible by the We Mean Business coalition’s partnership with Amazon. Announced in June, a key part of the partnership is focused on mobilising supply chains, including SMEs, to take and scale-up measurable and direct action on climate change.
The initiative was announced on the sidelines of the Climate Week 2020 in New York.
The hub is encouraging companies to halve greenhouse gas emissions before 2030, and achieve net-zero emissions before 2050. The initiative will help lower emissions by mobilising supply chains.
“SME Climate Hub is a flagship initiative aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises reduce carbon emissions and increase their competitiveness through adopting innovative green solutions. SMEs commitment to this initiative will mainly contribute to curbing climate change and at the same time will benefit these companies by reducing costs, increasing their competitiveness and developing their businesses,” Sheikh Khalifa said.
Recognising that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted small businesses throughout the world, the initiative will place a strategic emphasis on enabling SMEs to leverage climate action as a means of winning and retaining business, reducing costs, enhancing access to capital and increasing business preparedness to external shocks.
Doha
The launch of SME Climate Hub will play an important role in curbing carbon emissions and benefit companies by lowering costs and increasing competitiveness, Qatar Chamber and ICC Qatar Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani has said.
A coalition of major organisations 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 competitive advantage.
The SME Climate Hub is made possible by the We Mean Business coalition’s partnership with Amazon. Announced in June, a key part of the partnership is focused on mobilising supply chains, including SMEs, to take and scale-up measurable and direct action on climate change.
The initiative was announced on the sidelines of the Climate Week 2020 in New York.
The hub is encouraging companies to halve greenhouse gas emissions before 2030, and achieve net-zero emissions before 2050. The initiative will help lower emissions by mobilising supply chains.
“SME Climate Hub is a flagship initiative aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises reduce carbon emissions and increase their competitiveness through adopting innovative green solutions. SMEs commitment to this initiative will mainly contribute to curbing climate change and at the same time will benefit these companies by reducing costs, increasing their competitiveness and developing their businesses,” Sheikh Khalifa said.
Recognising that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted small businesses throughout the world, the initiative will place a strategic emphasis on enabling SMEs to leverage climate action as a means of winning and retaining business, reducing costs, enhancing access to capital and increasing business preparedness to external shocks.
