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Climate support for businesses
Ways to grow
Finance options designed to make your goals achievable.
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Ways to plan
Resources to help you focus your efforts and expand your knowledge.
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Ways to get inspired
Guidance on steps to take, campaigns to join and the latest developments.
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Green Loans
A Green Loan from Royal Bank aims to help eligible UK businesses finance assets for buildings and energy, transport and agriculture solutions that meet our Bank’s eligibility criteria with no arrangement fees for eligible UK businesses.
*Minimum deal size of £50,001
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Lombard Finance for Climate and Sustainable Assets
Lombard finance is available for assets including batteries, electric vehicles, boilers, LED lighting and solar panels.
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Electric vehicles
Our asset finance provider, Lombard, offers flexible finance for a range of low-emission machinery, cars, buses, and vans.
Electric Vehicles – Lombard - Security may be required. Product fees may apply. Finance is only available for business purposes.
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Green Loans - Eligibility criteria apply, and security may be required. Fees (other than arrangement fees) may apply. Over 18s only. Subject to status, eligibility and approval. Business use only. Any property or asset used as security may be repossessed or forfeited if you do not keep up repayments on any debt secured on it. Terms apply.
Asset Finance is provided through NatWest Group’s subsidiary Lombard and is available to over 18s. Security may be required. Fees may apply. Available to UK customers for business purposes only. Subject to status, eligibility and approval. Finance provided by Lombard North Central PLC. Registered in England & Wales No.337004. Registered Office: 250 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AA. Lombard North Central Plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for consumer credit activities.
Electric Vehicles - Lombard - Security may be required. Product fees may apply. Finance is only available for business purposes.
Need to reduce energy costs?
- Find out more on the actions you could take to reduce costs.
- We've partnered with UK companies that could help provide solutions to reduce costs and help you become more sustainable.
Terms, conditions and eligibility criteria apply.
Are you EV ready?
Royal Bank is working with Diode, a UK-based technology company, to pilot an EV Planner offering.
It could help support your business to become more sustainable whilst also helping you to identify potential cost savings.
If you have employees who can complete the short driver survey for their company or private car, you can complete the assessment today.
Free toolkit for emission reporting
With increased demands on climate related supply chain reporting, businesses are feeling the pressure to access the right tools and get the right information. Our new toolkit helps you:
- Learn ways to measure your emissions, set targets and create an action plan.
- Understand what your business and suppliers are required to do when reporting emissions.
- Discover the benefits that could help drive the growth and competitiveness of your business.
Register for the Clean Transport Accelerator
We're supporting businesses develop products and services that will help the UK achieve its net zero goals.
The programme is run in partnership with the University of Warwick. It's open to applicants in the UK mobility sector, including supply chains and fuel providers.
We’re opening for applications in the coming months.
Try our Carbon Planner
Not sure where to focus your climate efforts? Use our free Carbon Planner app to measure your carbon footprint, identify potential cost and carbon savings, and get a tailored plan so you could start reducing your emissions.
Have you heard of ESG?
ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance. These three factors are key when measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of a business, whether it's a start-up, SME, or large corporate.
Royal Bank of Scotland has teamed up with The ESG Foundation and The Disruption House to support your first steps in your ESG journey.
Learn about retrofitting
Retrofitting could help you save on costs and potentially reduce the risk of your buildings depreciating in value as a result of climate risks and regulations. Try out the free retrofit learning programme from the Supply Chain Sustainability School sponsored by NatWest Group, to help you understand what steps you could take. You’ll have access to resources such as e-learning modules, online assessments, workshops, webinars, and more, all designed to support your business.
Join our free climate support programme
Designed to support SMEs in reducing costs, whilst lowering carbon emissions.
We’ve partnered with the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute and the University of Edinburgh to bring Scottish businesses a unique programme, free of charge.
- Practical workshops and unique learning resources to support small businesses in making their vital contribution to Scotland’s national target for net zero emissions by 2045, helping them to be ready to succeed in the future net zero economy.
- Delivered through three, two-hour online workshops, the programme will give SMEs the knowledge, tools, and confidence to take meaningful action on their net zero journey.
- Learn from experts in the net zero economy, share experiences and learn from each other. Leaving the programme with a carbon footprint and reduction plan, filled with practical steps on how to cut costs and carbon.
- And equipping them with the ability to communicate their climate strategy with others to support the tender process, meet regulation and have a positive impact on customers.
This programme is available to any Scotland based business with a turnover of up to £25m.
Hear Alison Wood (Climate Springboard Programme Manager) talk through what you can expect from the programme and hear about the positive impact the course has had for many other businesses like yours.
