Enterprise M3: Guiding local businesses to accelerate sustainability
Net zero, clean growth and sustainability business support
The Enterprise M3 Growth Hub is an expert advice and growth network that supports businesses in the M3 corridor to achieve rapid acceleration in results and development. As part of this, Associate Growth Champions provide bespoke, specialist guidance to local businesses to drive prosperity in the region.
Project
Accelar was brought in as an Associate Growth Champion, and in this role has developed and delivered wide-ranging strategic advice, on net zero and sustainability, to high growth SME businesses across Hampshire and Surrey.
Impact
Accelar has supported 14 local businesses to develop net zero roadmaps from the health, food, manufacturing and creative sectors.
“The help, support & guidance I’ve had from Accelar on the Clean Growth Programme has been second to none. They asked thoughtful, intelligent questions to drill into the operational details of our business over our three locations. We are planning refurbishment works at all three sites and their input helped me to impress upon our designers the want/need to use recycled products wherever possible, increase our energy efficiency and how best to dispose of any waste. It also inspired me to have honest and frank conversations with our contractors and staff to make sure that we are doing as much as we can throughout the business to combat the climate emergency. ”
Services
The Accelar team:
Supported the growth of multiple SMEs over a 3-year period.
Shaped a 3-tier business proposition for local SMEs.
Provided support services to identify and enable short-term, high impact actions.
Advised on strategic roadmaps for businesses.
Assisted in embedding identified activities into core business values and operations.
Ran growth workshops to efficiently upskill business leaders.