Businesses based in Milton Keynes can register now for one of thirty fully funded places. Places are allocated in order of registration and close once filled.
Sustainable Business: Milton Keynes is a fully funded programme of one-to-one sustainability support for businesses across the Milton Keynes City Council area, funded by Milton Keynes City Council through the Green Business Fund and delivered by Green Lark Environmental Solutions.
It exists because the Council is directly responsible for only around four per cent of the city’s territorial emissions. The remaining ninety-six per cent sits with residents, organisations and businesses, so progress towards net zero depends on businesses being able to measure their emissions accurately and act on credible evidence.
Each participating business receives
• A full carbon footprint across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and ISO 14064.
• Structured one-to-one consultancy with a Chartered Environmentalist.
• A written carbon reduction plan setting out prioritised, achievable actions.
• Places on accredited Carbon Literacy training.
• The Green Lark Carbon Verified badge on completion.
Support is free at the point of use and delivered on site and remotely. Delivery is led by Daniel Cope CEnv MISEP, Chartered Environmentalist and accredited Carbon Literacy trainer.
The first phase of the programme ran from August 2025 to March 2026. It supported 52 businesses, footprinted 4,278 tCO2e across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, certified 25 individuals as Carbon Literate and reached 1,226 individuals, meeting or exceeding every commitment made to the Council. It returned £2.85 in economic and social value for every £1 invested. Those figures describe the previous phase and are given here as evidence of delivery, not as outcomes of the current programme. That work also showed that 83.67 per cent of the emissions measured were Scope 3, which is why reduction planning in this phase concentrates on procurement, supplier choice and travel.
Register your interest at greenlark.co.uk/milton-keynes, or contact the team at SBMK@greenlark.co.uk or 07780 803773.
No prior carbon accounting knowledge is required. The programme is open to organisations of all sizes and sectors, from sole traders to multi-site employers.
This project is fully funded by Milton Keynes City Council.
