The British International Education Association (BIEA) joins SME Climate Hub and commits to halve greenhouse gas emissions before 2030 towards net-zero before 2050.
BIEA announced today that it had become one of the few education institutions to join the SME Climate Hub, a new groundbreaking one-stop-shop climate action platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to curb carbon emissions, build business resilience and take climate leadership.
The SME Climate Hub is 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. It has received support from several supply chain leaders, including BT Group, Ericsson, IKEA, Telia and Unilever, as well as funding support from Amazon and Verizon.
BIEA has become one of the first signatories to the UN-recognized “SME Climate Commitment”, which forms part of the SME Climate Hub. In making this commitment, BIEA has pledged to halve its carbon emissions by 2030, achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and to report on progress towards these aims regularly.
On the logic behind the organisation’s decision to join the initiative, Gareth Bullock, the president of BIEA said, “Climate change is an urgent threat to all of us. Science tells us now is the time to act faster to tackle this challenge. With sustainability at the core of all BIEA’s work, we are more committed than ever to achieve zero carbon. And we are working with our partners around the world in the education sector to support schools, teachers, students and local communities to take climate action! ”
BIEA is at the forefront of engaging schools and students with climate change topics. Through STEM project initiatives such as RePack to Restore Our World, the Compost Challenge, Save Our Shores from Plastic Pollution. BIEA has encouraged thousands of young people around the world in taking climate action and helping schools to become more sustainable institutions.
For more details of BIEA’s projects, please visit www.bieacompetition.org.uk
