Making Net Zero a reality for the UK
Innovate UK Business Connect’s Net Zero Places Innovation Network aims to make Net Zero in the UK a reality. We do this by supporting the public sector and agencies to connect, collaborate, inform, share experiences and lessons learned, to support organisations across the UK.
This will be achieved by the Net Zero Places Innovation Network working with the public sector to identify the challenges, collaborating with procurement body organisations to make sure businesses and their solutions are procurement ready.
How the Net Zero Places Innovation Network
can benefit you
Connecting the Public Sector with the right people
With our cross sector business networks, we are ideally placed to understand what solutions might be best suited for your area and we can ensure that you not only find the right solutions, but can adopt them and make progress towards your net zero goals.
Sharing experiences and knowledge
We want to ensure that best practice and lessons learned are shared broadly. This will help you fast forward your team’s understanding of specific challenges and the process of procuring impactful solutions to address net zero challenges.
Supporting Net Zero SMEs
Working alongside a wide range of stakeholders and partners, we can support SMEs to develop their Net Zero products and services, and undertake public sector procurement, as well as introduce them to a network of business support opportunities.
Net Zero Places Supplier Directory
Innovate UK Business Connect has launched the Net Zero Supplier Directory to support local authorities and the wider public sector in accessing comprehensive listings of net zero suppliers across the UK. This directory provides a streamlined way to identify businesses offering solutions across various industries and regions, ensuring the public sector can easily find suppliers to meet their net zero goals.
Supplier directory
The future of UK Places
Places are both an enabler and a driver for innovation. Place and place-based initiatives are important in delivering economic, environmental, and societal benefits across the UK, and we are committed to connecting national and regional innovation to enable these benefits. We partner with regions across the UK to foster innovation ecosystems that drive local impact and national capability.
UK Places
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Related programmes
Net Zero Living
A new wave of place-based innovation is transforming UK towns, cities and communities, today. Innovate UK’s £60 million programme is helping local authorities and businesses work together to deliver new solutions that improve local services and open markets for economic growth.
Net Zero Adopt and Accelerate
Innovation is our key to a sustainable future. Fundamental to the UK’s Net Zero ambitions is accelerating the adoption and diffusion of Net Zero innovations in sectors and regions across the UK.
Financing Net Zero
Catalysing climate tech investment will maximise the opportunities for the UK to increase the flow of finance into UK climate technology. Helping the UK to lead the world in the development, scaling and deployment of climate technology – through our strong innovation ecosystem, an inspired and motivated capital stack, and proven financial returns.
NETWORK
Join the Net Zero Places Innovation Network
It’s quick, easy and free to join the Network. Join us for the deep expertise within our Net Zero Places team and across Innovate UK Business Connect.