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What is Plan A’s long-term sustainability goal in the coming years?

We will become a net-zero business before 2030. Moreover, we have a plan to expand to other forms of impact footprint and maintain our B Corp status through continuing to better our ESG performance.

Due to our business model, a lot of our impact will come from decarbonising our clients’ businesses. In this respect, we aim to get one gigatonne of carbon under management and eventually eliminated.

What challenges did you face to become a successful sustainability business in London? How did you overcome them?

London is a fantastic place to do business. We made the strategic decision to open an office in the UK because of the liveliness of the market here, not just within the finance industry but multiple other business sectors that are still very connected nationally and internationally.

Why do you think now is the best time to set up and grow a sustainability company in London?

London is and continues to remain a decisive business centre. Not only is the city incredibly connected to the rest of the world, but it is also committed to becoming one of the largest sustainability hubs in the world.

The UK government has voted on and enacted multiple regulations that require businesses to report on and decarbonise their emissions. What is more, these regulations often serve as templates or models for other countries to follow. These are already very solid reasons to see London as a great opportunity.

What is Einride’s long-term sustainability goal in the coming years?

We are tackling several problems at once and contributing to society as best and as flexibly as we can. By building the infrastructure to support the transition to low-emissions freight Einride has been able to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 95% compared to diesel with its customers to date. We still have a long way to go if we want to tackle the 7% of global carbon emissions generated by heavy transportation trucks.

What challenges did you face to become a successful sustainability business in London? How did you overcome them?

Whenever we enter a new market, we are challenged by those who say you can’t do effective haulage with electric lorries. The fact that we are now scaling our live operations in eight markets has proven that, yes, it can be done. It’s one big myth that we rebuffed, just like misconceptions that we continue to face every now and then, such as “the battery is too heavy” or concerns about range-anxiety. The fact is that most transport doesn’t happen in those long ranges, across entire countries. The day-to-day reality of haulage is shorter distances and a low complexity environment, notable here in the UK. We need to rethink transport and leverage intelligent movement to go electric.

Why do you think now is the best time to set up and grow a sustainability company in London?

The sector and other industries are emerging from operational challenges of recent years. To be able to manage the issues of today, the UK and particularly the government in London is looking to the future and to meeting the opportunities and challenges of the transition to net-zero, ensuring it has the right skills, people and technology to succeed. This is where companies like Einride can come in at just the right time and place.

What is Notpla’s long-term sustainability goal in the coming years?

The long-term goal is for our sustainable solutions to become the norm rather than an option. We believe that the scalability of truly sustainable products is necessary if we want to witness real change and tackle the plastic problem. In order to do this, legislation addressing this problem needs to be implemented and we want to be part of this conversation. As well as providing the solution to the problem, we want to inform legislation makers and the consumers about the necessary steps needed to adopt sustainability.

What challenges did you face to become a successful sustainability business in London? How did you overcome them?

One of the most recurrent challenges when it comes to scalability is the greenwashing and misinformation present in the industry. We are trying to overcome the barrier of dishonest solutions that claim to be sustainable, but in fact have plastic or microplastic that remains in the environment.

For our products to enter the market seamlessly and at the large-scale intended, legislative change still needs to happen to regulate solutions that are not in fact sustainable and halt the path to a single-use plastic-free future and market.

Why do you think now is the best time to set up and grow a sustainability company in London?

Now is a pivotal moment for sustainability in London. With increasing global attention on sustainable solutions, London is a leader in this space. If you have a sustainable idea, it's crucial to act and bring it to fruition. Engage with your community, foster discussions and drive awareness. Remember, it is not just about highlighting problems; it is about being a creative solution-maker. By leveraging London's diverse communities and avoiding environmental "doomism”, we can catalyse meaningful change and pave the way for a sustainable future together.

What is Klimato’s long-term sustainability goal in the coming years?

We want to keep helping companies understand their emissions, and address how they can easily start to reduce them. Klimato is allowing for both to happen by enabling users to see where they can cut emissions from both recipe planning and procurement. We are continuously tracking our own emissions and are introducing a slow travel policy to decrease our travel emissions, as well as buying second-hand electronics whenever possible. Moreover, we want to make sure all our clients reduce their food-related emissions by 25% by 2030.

What challenges did you face to become a successful sustainability business in London? How did you overcome them?

Being a foreign company in the UK, we initially struggled as we were using case studies from our native Scandinavia. So, we focused on leveraging our international customers to develop and establish local case studies allowing us to kickstart our sales in the UK.

Why do you think now is the best time to set up and grow a sustainability company in London?

London is a city of endless possibilities. The business culture is great and efficient, and the city attracts top talent from across the world.

The presence in London helps our company in having a local presence with key clients, making it easier for us to visit them as well as having easy access to conferences and events. The biggest events we have worked on in London are the Billie Eilish concerts at The O2, the BRIT awards and the Wimbledon Championships. We work with quite a few Hilton hotels in London, and via the catering company Levy, we work with The O2, ExCel London, Chelsea FC, Tottenham FC and Wimbledon among others.

What is Pavegen’s long-term sustainability goal in the coming years?

Our overarching goal in the coming years is to create carbon neutral products. We're setting ambitious targets to transition to fully recyclable materials, increase our energy efficiency, and work towards sustainable urban development.

What challenges did you face to become a successful sustainability business in London? How did you overcome them?

As a sustainability focused business in London, we faced initial challenges in convincing the market of the viability and impact of our kinetic energy technology. Scepticism was a hurdle we had to overcome. We addressed this by showcasing real-world applications and quantifiable benefits through pilot projects and partnerships with visionary organisations. We also navigated evolving regulatory requirements and leveraged the supportive ecosystem London provides to sustainable businesses.

Why do you think now is the best time to set up and grow a sustainability company in London?

We believe that the current moment is the best time to establish and expand a sustainability focused company in London. The city's thriving sustainability ecosystem offers unparalleled opportunities for collaboration and growth. Access to top talent in sustainability, a diverse and vibrant market, and supportive governmental policies create an environment conducive to innovation and positive impact. Furthermore, London's global reputation ensures that sustainability companies based here can have a meaningful and widespread influence, contributing to the global sustainability agenda while benefitting from the city's dynamic business landscape.

What is EnvoPAP’s long-term sustainability goal in the coming years?

In the coming years, we have a clear objective: help transition from a society that depletes its resources to one that operates sustainably and eventually becomes regenerative. Presently, our focus lies on transforming agricultural waste into valuable and high-quality commodities in India. However, our ambition extends worldwide as we aspire to innovate a transformative process on a global scale, establishing an inventive approach to recycling across the globe using plant fibres.

What challenges did you face to become a successful sustainability business in London? How did you overcome them?

As we delved into the realm of packaging, we encountered yet another hurdle on the path. How could we persuade customers to embrace our product for bulk usage? Merely being an eco-friendly business isn’t sufficient; people need to be convinced of the value and effectiveness of our sustainable packaging solutions, together with certification and regulation compliance. Over the years, the world began to waken to the urgent challenges of sustainability. COP26, the David Attenborough effect, and a global shift towards conscious consumption started shaping consumers' demands and now EnvoPAP exports to 60-plus countries.

Why do you think now is the best time to set up and grow a sustainability company in London?

London’s public organisations promote sustainable businesses for growth, innovation and environmental impact. London fosters innovation by funding projects and creating a dynamic environment for ideas. London's advantageous geographical position in terms of time zones facilitates effective international business operations, particularly when engaging with Asian counterparts in the morning and American partners later in the day.

What is Rensair’s long-term sustainability goal in the coming years?

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are responsible for approximately 15% of global emissions. We are helping London’s leading law firms, financial institutions and real estate companies rethink how they ventilate buildings, introducing new, efficient and sustainable practices, which significantly reduce carbon emissions in a permanent fashion.

What challenges did you face to become a successful sustainability business in London? How did you overcome them?

Some barriers were raised as our solutions disrupted current ventilation practices. However, we overcame these challenges by presenting successful trials undertaken with global companies. These case studies provided hard data that demonstrated the effectiveness of our solutions and the significant energy reduction and excellent indoor air quality achieved with our installations.

Why do you think now is the best time to set up and grow a sustainability company in London?

We set up in the centre of London to serve the many public sector entities and significant businesses located in the capital. All these institutions have published ambitious ESG targets and have relatively short timelines to achieve those objectives. The size, importance and number of these organisations means, for sustainability companies operating in London, the demand is great and the opportunities are interesting and attractive.

What is Aarvee’s long-term sustainability goal in the coming years?

We have renewed our focus on working on renewable energy projects – with a focus on solar power and wind power, as well as green storage solutions such as pumped storage. We intend to work on more green infrastructure projects and collaborate with universities and research agencies to help bring research on sustainability related practices into mainstream use.

What challenges did you face to become a successful sustainability business in London? How did you overcome them?

We are new to London and working on increasing our footprint here. It is a great ecosystem that is giving us a lot of learning as we go through the process.

Why do you think now is the best time to set up and grow a sustainability company in London?

London has become a hub for sustainability as well as innovative startups pioneering the latest in technology, so this makes it a great peer environment and that is why we prefer London as the place to be.