Heroes of the UAE Private Sector Programme

About the Heroes of the UAE Business Toolkit
The free-to-download toolkit is designed to support UAE businesses and other organisations on their journey towards sustainability and reducing carbon emissions. Complete with starter tip sheets, posters and stickers for basic employee engagement through to comprehensive guides to help those already further along their path to a sustainable future, this toolkit is a useful resource for those ready to lower their energy and water use in the workplace.

Animations:
Lunch and Learn Presentation: An engaging animation to inspire and educate employees to be increasingly conscious of electricity and water consumption in the workplace. This dynamic tool can be used on company intranets, in training workshops, company lunches, seminars and so on.

Water - Our Contribution to Global Warming: A short silent animation on why we need to be concerned about our water consumption in the UAE. Perfect for use on office screens.

Energy - Our Contribution to Global Warming: A short silent animation on why we need to be concerned about our energy consumption in the UAE. Perfect for use on office screens.

Guides:
How To Develop a Measurable Strategy: A step-by-step guide on how to create a measurable strategy for effective energy and water savings. It assists organisations in developing a verifiable measurable strategy, and overcoming some information gaps. This guide also gives, in level of ease and order of priority, the different measures that can be taken to reduce workplace consumption of energy and water.

How to Develop a Case Study Report:
The purpose of this guide is to support companies seeking to become Verified Corporate Heroes in producing a case study outlining the steps they took to cut their energy and water consumption and documents the results of their journey.
How to Develop a Long-Term Carbon Management Strategy: To aid in gaining an understanding of what a long-term strategy for carbon reduction means and assist you in developing a long-term strategy for the organisation for year-on-year carbon footprint reduction.

Water & Electricity Reduction Tips for Businesses: Packed with helpful kick-start tips to help reduce office carbon emissions across key areas in the workplace including air conditioning, lighting, office equipment and water.  

Applying the One Planet Living Principles to Your Business: 10 One Planet Living Principles to reduce a company's Ecological Footprint.

Car Pooling Guide: Guides companies to implement an effective carpool system to reduce carbon emissions associated with employee transport.

Carbon Offsetting Information: Highlights the benefits of offsetting, what should be done before offsetting and important things to consider when offsetting, including information on becoming carbon neutral and the Gold Standard.

Posters and stickers
Staff Engagement Posters: To encourage employees to practice daily energy and water saving practices in the workplace.

Staff Engagement Stickers: To remind employees to switch off the lights and turn off the taps when they are not needed with these useful conservation stickers.