The Carbon Trust

(Bronze Partner – Best Green Service Innovation Award)

The Carbon Trust is a not-for-profit company with the mission to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy. We provide specialist support to help business and the public sector cut carbon emissions, save energy and commercialise low carbon technologies. By stimulating low carbon action we contribute to key UK and international goals of lower carbon emissions, the development of low carbon businesses, increased energy security and associated jobs.

“The Carbon Trust has been supporting cleantech entrepreneurs for the past 10 years, leveraging over £287 million private sector investment into them over that time. We have reviewed over 2,500 start up business investment cases and actively incubated over 300 of these. It is vital that entrepreneurship in the cleantech space is recognised, nurtured and developed to help the UK deliver its legally binding carbon targets and to encourage green growth in the economy. We are delighted to support the International Green Awards Best Green Service Innovation category and wish all the entrants every success.”

Benjamin Sykes, Director Innovation, The Carbon Trust

Carbon Trust Innovation act as a catalyst to accelerate the commercialisation of low carbon technologies by helping the most promising low carbon entrepreneurs through a comprehensive range of tailored expert support. We also lead large scale collaborative projects with industry and academia to deliver commercial breakthroughs for key low carbon technologies.

To understand more about how we can help you deliver your cleantech aspirations please visit http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/emerging-technologies/pages/default.aspx

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