SimplyBiz has partnered with Net Zero Now to help adviser firms achieve net zero.
The carbon accounting and climate action platform is designed to help businesses fight climate change.
It provides a route with accreditation and promotion built in it to mark the achievement of key milestones on a firm’s journey to net zero.
Marc Thompson, adviser services director of SimplyBiz, said: “With the financial services sector’s growing focus on ESG in recent years helping to raise awareness around climate change, we know that many advisers want to start moving their business towards net zero.
“Our partnership with Net Zero Now will help our members to understand the journey to net zero, set realistic, meaningful goals, and support the promotion of their achievements to clients.”
SimplyBiz parent company Fintel was one of the founding development partners of Net Zero Now alongside Liontrust.
Fintel is supporting the evolution of the Net Zero Financial Adviser Protocol, which will be available to interested SimplyBiz members alongside the carbon accounting software and certification.
Neil Ross Russell, managing director of Net Zero Now, added: “People care about the planet, and those people are advisers’ clients, employees and, increasingly, government regulators.
"Whatever the emissions of an adviser’s day-to-day activities, being able to show these stakeholders that minimising emissions is being actively managed makes commercial sense.
“The climate crisis is one of the key challenges of our age, advisers need to make sure they don’t get left behind.”
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