Small Business Climate Adaptation Toolkit
A guide for small business owners to build climate-resilient businesses
This interactive toolkit is designed to help small business owners prepare for the impacts of climate change by building an adaptation plan for their business. The small business adaptation toolkit is a seven-step process to help business owners:
Get into the mindset for adaptation
Understand the climate impacts in their area
Understand the vulnerability of their business
Consider the risks and opportunities for their business
List the adaptation options (short and long term)
Develop an action plan for adapting their business
Implement, check and review their adaptation action plan.
The toolkit should take 45 to 90 minutes to complete and can be downloaded below, including a literature review.
This toolkit has been piloted with a selection of small businesses local to the SECCCA region across a variety of sectors. Their case studies are found at bottom of the page.
DOWNLOAD TOOLKIT HERE
WATCH VIDEO
Skip video to 18 minutes to watch a live run through of how to use the toolkit.
LITERATURE REVIEW
This desktop literature review intends to provide users of the small business climate adaptation toolkit with information, and links to other resources, to delve more deeply into the background of the toolkit, adaptation options, and climate change.
SECTOR CASE STUDIES
Professional Services
Appendix 1: Project Methods
Appendix 2: Letter of Consent & Project Summary
Real Estate
Food manufacturing
Industrial manufacturing
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This project was implemented in 2022 by Science into Action and funded by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) as part of the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Greater Melbourne. The Greater Melbourne Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy is a community led project supporting Greater Melbourne communities to adapt to a changing climate, supported by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and funded through the Supporting Our Regions to Adapt program.
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Your information remains confidential and is only used by SECCCA to gather insights about the demand for this type of resource, and how SECCCA can best continue providing support to SMEs.
This report outlines the project outputs, methodology, findings and recommendations.
