Pioneering partnership will tackle carbon reduction barriers for rural businesses
An innovative partnership project aimed at helping move South Lakeland towards net zero has been backed to the tune of nearly £75,000 - with the potential to draw down millions more. The project will look at the barriers that are stopping rural businesses from cutting their carbon emissions and how those challenges can be reduced or removed. It'll be delivered by a collaboration between CAfS, South Lakeland District Council and the University of Cumbria, thanks to the £74,625 funding from Innovate UK, the government innovation agency, announced today. Such barriers include high transport costs, inability to achieve economies of scale, [...]