{"id":9400,"date":"2022-01-18T11:34:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T10:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/?page_id=9400"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:46:13","slug":"grants-and-other-government-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/grants-and-other-government-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants and other government support"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"block-6481cf8479fe1\"  class=\"hero-section align-content-center bg-image default none\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grants and other government support<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"transparent-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/financial-support\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"20\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M19.0909 7.81876H3.10379L6.09737 11.1117C6.4524 11.5022 6.4524 12.1354 6.09737 12.5259C5.91986 12.7211 5.68719 12.8188 5.45452 12.8188C5.22186 12.8188 4.98919 12.7211 4.81173 12.5258L0.266273 7.52583C-0.088758 7.13536 -0.088758 6.50216 0.266273 6.11163L4.81173 1.11162C5.1667 0.721155 5.74234 0.721155 6.09737 1.11162C6.4524 1.50209 6.4524 2.13529 6.09737 2.52582L3.10379 5.81876H19.0909C19.593 5.81876 20 6.2665 20 6.81876C20 7.37103 19.593 7.81876 19.0909 7.81876Z\" fill=\"var(--sme-secondary-text-color)\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReturn to Financial Support main page\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"logos\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Group-6.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Master-logo-lock-ups_CISL-BEI-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bsr-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rectangle-1252-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rectangle-1252-1.png 1440w, https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rectangle-1252-1-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rectangle-1252-1-1024x299.png 1024w, https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rectangle-1252-1-768x224.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block-6481cf847a03c\"  class=\"banner-with-image align-content-top no-image pt-half pb-half\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Many governments are supporting businesses to reduce their emissions so they can reach the targets agreed with the United Nations. Short-, medium- and long-term business prosperity is critical to improve jobs, welfare and stability for citizens. For this reason, any government policies aimed at incentivising businesses to address climate change are often accompanied by technical assistance or grants. Green grants, which provide finance to companies pursuing environmentally friendly projects or objectives, are now available in many areas.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-6481d587391d8\"  class=\"tabs-section content-block light-bg white heading-center pt-full pb-half top\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-target=\"tabs\" class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"tab-controllers \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hide-button active\" type=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal government officials\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hide-button\" type=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNational programmes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hide-button\" type=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpecialist grant websites\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hide-button\" type=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal enterprise partnerships\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hide-button\" type=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDevelopment and state-backed banks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-contents\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-content active\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many public initiatives are managed at the local government level so consult their website or helpline for guidance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The State of California in the United States has built <a href=\"https:\/\/fundingwizard.arb.ca.gov\/web\/search\/all?f%5B0%5D=eligible_applicant%3A5638\">a directory<\/a> of grants and other programmes available to businesses looking to tackle their emissions and other environmental impacts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Search on government department websites and in your national media for initiatives specific to the countries your business is active in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) lists a variety of available financial support across the country. For example,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/business-finance-support\/low-carbon-dorset\">Low Carbon Dorset<\/a>, in the UK, provides grants covering up to 40% of the project costs for carbon reducing, energy saving investments by businesses in the county of Dorset. It also provides technical advisory services.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Specialist grant websites aggregate grants from a variety of different places to make it easier for you to find options \u2013 have a look in your local communities and online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantsonline.org.uk\/\">GrantsOnline<\/a>\u00a0brings together a variety of grants available in the UK into one database.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Local enterprise partnerships bring local businesses and municipal governments together to design policies and projects to promote local economies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One example in the UK is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessgrowthhub.com\/\">Business Growth Hub<\/a>, which provides peer-to-peer support and specialist advice on where to find financial support for sustainable projects.<br \/>\nThe SME Climate Hub works to bring many of these services into one place with its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/tools\/\">library of tools<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/newsme\/partners\/\">project partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most countries have a bank that is owned in some way by the government or is funded by a group of governments, for example the World Bank. These banks can either directly finance sustainable activities with grants or loans at a low interest rate \u2013 known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbbw.de\/articlepage\/experience-banking\/green-loans_9uz7816wn_e.html\">promotional loans<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 or they can partner with private organisations to share risks and decrease interest rates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KfW partners with local banks around the world to offer loans, at better rates of interest for businesses assessed as contributing to sustainable development.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eulaif.eu\/en\/projects\/interactive-map\">Examples of similar partnerships in Latin America<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button bigger\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/how-to-prepare-for-the-conversation-with-potential-sources-of-financial-support\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to prepare for conversations\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-6482eb834157f\"  class=\"text-attachment-section content-block light-bg white left-side image-attachment heading-left column pt-half pb-half bigger-image\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat you could ask\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>The aim is to understand what the organisations suggested above offer and, if nothing, to flag examples and whether they could consider doing something similar. Therefore, key questions to ask include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you offer support for businesses reducing their carbon footprint? For example:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Help to fund investments in emissions-reducing equipment or other operational changes?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advisory services that could help us refine our emission reduction plans?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you do not offer support, are you aware of other organisations that do?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/success-stories\">Read about businesses who have successfully found financial suppor<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/success-stories\/\">t<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"attachment\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/landscape.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/landscape.webp 1024w, https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/landscape-300x132.webp 300w, https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/landscape-768x339.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block-6482ed53d5e6e\"  class=\"financial-support-section content-block light-bg white heading-center pt-half pb-half\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOther sources of financial support\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\t<div id=\"block-6482ed53d61a5\"  class=\"blocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner content-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"45\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/customers-buyers-1-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCustomers (buyers)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/customers-buyers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner content-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"47\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/banks-1-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBanks\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/banks\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner content-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"48\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/balanceSheets-investors-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBalance sheet and investors\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"\/balance-sheet-and-investors\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-646dd71e01d2b\"  data-target=\"financial_table\" class=\"financial-support-table-section content-block white light-bg heading-center pt-full pb-full\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPotential sources of financial support \u2013 summary table\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"table-wrapper custom-scroll\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"table\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<table data-target=\"table\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStakeholder\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMotivation for providing  financial support\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExamples of what financial support might be available\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExamples of who you could speak with to learn if support offered\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr  data-link=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/customers-buyers\/\" data-target=\"pseudo_link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"45\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/customers-buyers-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCustomers (buyers)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Climate commitments by companies that include reducing the emissions of their supply chain<\/li>\n<li>Improve the resilience of their supply chain to new policies aimed to avert climate change or the negative impacts of climate change<\/li>\n<li>Protect supply chain from increased costs associated with carbon, such as \u2018dirty\u2019 energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Improved purchasing terms (eg, days receivable reduced so working capital improves for small business)<\/li>\n<li>Access to preferential invoice finance (eg, borrow against outstanding purchase orders to access funds sooner)<\/li>\n<li>Advice and mentoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Procurement representative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr  data-link=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/banks\/\" data-target=\"pseudo_link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"47\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/banks-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBanks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Commitments by banks to support customers to reduce emissions<\/li>\n<li>Reduce the risk and carbon footprint of bank lending<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen relationships and generate business opportunitie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Working capital solutions, e.g. trade finance<\/li>\n<li>Loans for investments that reduce emissions<\/li>\n<li>Emission calculators and advice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Relationship manager<\/li>\n<li>Sector specialist (eg, transport)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr  data-link=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/grants-and-other-government-support\/\" data-target=\"pseudo_link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"48\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/grants-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrants and other forms of government support\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Local, national and international objectives for action on climate change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Grants to encourage investment in emissions reduction<\/li>\n<li>Discounted lending distributed by a development bank, such as KfW<\/li>\n<li>Access to investors or other sources of funds dedicated to climate action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Accountant<\/li>\n<li>Local council enterprise officer<\/li>\n<li>Local municipality<\/li>\n<li>Bank<\/li>\n<li>NGOs offering financial support in your area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr  data-link=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/balance-sheet-and-investors\/\" data-target=\"pseudo_link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"48\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/balanceSheets-investors-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBalance sheet and investors\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Lower operational expenditures<\/li>\n<li>Improve the commercial positioning of the business (eg, including alignment with buyers\u2019 climate-related procurement policies)<\/li>\n<li>Investors\u2019 climate objectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Self-funded from balance sheet (cash, asset sales, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>New shareholder investment (equity)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Accountant<\/li>\n<li>Current shareholders<\/li>\n<li>Prospective investors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button bigger\" download href=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/table.png\">Download the summary of the page<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Grants and other government support - SME Climate Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"da_DK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grants and other government support - SME Climate Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SME Climate Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-19T09:46:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Preview_four.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1124\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutter\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/\",\"name\":\"Grants and other government support - SME Climate Hub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-18T10:34:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-19T09:46:13+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"da-DK\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grants and other government support\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/\",\"name\":\"SME Climate hub\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"da-DK\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SME Climate hub\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"da-DK\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/smeLogo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/smeLogo-1.png\",\"width\":465,\"height\":245,\"caption\":\"SME Climate hub\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grants and other government support - SME Climate Hub","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/","og_locale":"da_DK","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grants and other government support - SME Climate Hub","og_url":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/","og_site_name":"SME Climate Hub","article_modified_time":"2025-11-19T09:46:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1124,"url":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Preview_four.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutter"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/","url":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/","name":"Grants and other government support - SME Climate Hub","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-01-18T10:34:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-19T09:46:13+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"da-DK","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/grants-and-other-government-support\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grants and other government support"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/","name":"SME Climate hub","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"da-DK"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#organization","name":"SME Climate hub","url":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"da-DK","@id":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/smeLogo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/smeLogo-1.png","width":465,"height":245,"caption":"SME Climate hub"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/businessclimatehub.org\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}