Your climate journey steps

There may come a time in your journey to net-zero where your climate status needs to be verified before you can go public with it.

Note that's specifically your climate status, which is saying that your organisation is climate neutral, or climate positive. Unfortunately you can't just say that, it needs to be audited and verified independently.

If you decide to obtain certification, that's brilliant. It's a huge milestone in your climate journey.

Until then, you can get a start on all the stuff you'll be audited on.

• Clean up your supply chain by having tough conversations with your suppliers, and finding alternatives if you need to.
• Switch banks and super funds.
• Install renewables if you can, or switch to a power supplier who runs off renewables.
• Reconsider your packaging options.
• Do you produce waste? Look for companies who can use it as a raw material (the way sawdust is reused in construction).
• Consider the end-of-life for any products you sell, and create an option for your customers to dispose of it when the time comes, or partner with a company that already does.

Certification is a climate journey milestone that can be your first step, or much later than your first step. There's plenty of stuff you can do until then.