The good news is that we can all take action to help reduce emissions and reduce our exposure to emissions, whether we are a resident, business or a school.
Please join us by making a few changes to improve our air quality. Together we can make a difference.
Click on these tabs to see what action you can take.
Participating in the 15 June 2023 Clean Air Day campaign
Signing your school up for the free Climate Ed workshops for schools in Westminster
Please speak to our Clean Air Bayswater team about other ideas you have, and how we can help.
Businesses
Please show your support for Clean Air Bayswater by putting our mini poster in your shop window
Take action to reduce your business’s emissions by considering:
Streamlining suppliers and orders
Identifying what you are ordering and who you are ordering from. Could fewer suppliers deliver what you need?
Centralising your ordering to avoid several team members placing separate but similar ordersBuy in bulk and store more on site to reduce delivery frequency
Choosing cleaner / greener suppliers
Asking suppliers to use zero or low emission vehicles when delivering to you (ask them for their green credentials: driver efficiency training, no-idling policy, fleet upgrade policy)
Choosing low emission transport when arranging delivery to your customers ( cycle and cargo bike couriers are great for local deliveries and for the environment
Joining a neighbourhood supplier scheme, or creating one
Using the same suppliers as other businesses in Bayswater, so you consolidate deliveries, reduce the number of delivery vehicles on our streets and reduce costs
Finding out if there are any arrangements in place to share suppliers for common goods such as stationery , cleaning services and waste and recycling collections
Asking suppliers what discounts they would offer if a group of businesses in your area used the same supplier. Other areas have created such agreements such as the West End Buyers Club
Re-timing your deliveries
Avoiding deliveries during peak hours (07:00 to 10:00). This will help reduce air pollution from vehicles stuck in congestion and can also make deliveries more efficient- helping reduce costs which are ultimately passed on to you
Talking to suppliers about receiving deliveries outside of peak hours
Looking at how you can reduce your waste to reduce the number of waste collections
Please add your business to the local Bayswater page that on My Virtual Neighbourhood
We have launched a dedicated Bayswater page on the MyVirtualNeighbourhood website, where local Bayswater businesses can register their business for free.
Please do register your business. It takes a maximum of 5 minutes.
Westminster have announced a Business Energy Audit Scheme for SMEs in the city. The scheme will open for applications in late April and qualified experts will support up to 1,000 businesses to better understand their current emissions and make tangible changes to reduce emissions and costs.
SMEs can work across all sectors, but must meet the following criteria:
fewer than 250 employees
a turnover of less than £36m
a total balance sheet of less than £18m
be a freeholder or leaseholder with more than 3 years’ unexpired on a lease or a private tenant with a full repairing obligation
must be a business that is trading in Westminster
Application process
Applications will open on Friday 22 April 2022 and awarded on a first come first served basis to eligible applicants. Interested businesses should sign up to Westminster’s Business Newsletter to receive notifications on when applications open.