{"id":29126,"date":"2021-10-14T15:36:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T13:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-find-their-way-in-the-race-to-zero-emissions-through-the-sme-climate-hub\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T08:27:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T06:27:54","slug":"small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-find-their-way-in-the-race-to-zero-emissions-through-the-sme-climate-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-find-their-way-in-the-race-to-zero-emissions-through-the-sme-climate-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Small and medium-sized enterprises find their way in the race to zero emissions through the &#8220;SME Climate Hub&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29126\" class=\"elementor elementor-29126 elementor-26909\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6651e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6651e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86afdaa\" data-id=\"86afdaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaca099 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eaca099\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Small and medium-sized enterprises find their way in the race to zero emissions through the \"SME Climate Hub\".<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b23b20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b23b20\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6495db\" data-id=\"d6495db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e124eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e124eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMES-Climate-Hub.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26911\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMES-Climate-Hub.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMES-Climate-Hub-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMES-Climate-Hub-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The SME Climate Hub is a global initiative founded by the We Mean Business Coalition, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the UN Race to Zero campaign, which facilitates SMEs to make ambitious climate commitments and provides tools, action guides and a powerful networking network.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c21512 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c21512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Madrid, October 14, 2021<\/em>  &#8211; Today the &#8220;PYMES Climate Hub&#8221; was launched in Spain, with the support of the Spanish Climate Change Office, which participated in its presentation, and with the backing of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), the Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CEPYME), the Spanish Group for Green Growth (GECV), the #PorElClima Community and leading companies such as BBVA, Iberdrola and Telef\u00f3nica.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;<strong>\n  <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SMEs Climate Hub<\/a>\n<\/strong>&#8220;<\/span>  is a pioneering international initiative, which aims to accelerate the development of climate resilience in SMEs through  <strong>a one-stop shop that provides access to practical tools and resources to mitigate their environmental impact<\/strong>, information on business incentives, and to be  <strong>officially recognized by the United Nations as part of the <em>Race to Zero<\/em> initiative.<\/strong>. SMEs that join, for their part, commit to halve their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or even earlier, and to disclose their progress annually, all with the ultimate aim of avoiding the worst effects of climate change while ensuring the viability of businesses.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The launch of this initiative was attended by <strong>Valvanera Ulargui<\/strong>, Director of the Spanish Climate Change Office, <strong>Mar\u00eda Mendiluce<\/strong>, CEO of <em>We Mean Business Coalition<\/em> and <strong>Gonzalo Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>, <em>High Level Climate Action Champion<\/em> of COP25.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5e3ab6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5e3ab6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ea3978\" data-id=\"6ea3978\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6fb0ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6fb0ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Valvanera-Ulargi.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26912\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Valvanera-Ulargi.png 560w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Valvanera-Ulargi-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Valvanera-Ulargi-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Valvanera Ulargui, Director of the Spanish Climate Change Office<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-680223c\" data-id=\"680223c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68497ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68497ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In her speech, <strong>Valvanera Ulargui<\/strong> pointed out that &#8220;<em>it is essential to promote and accompany this wave of change towards more resilient and decarbonized models, to have all the tools to bring together companies and organizations, for reasons of environmental and social responsibility, but also to avoid costs and improve profitability<\/em>&#8220;. He also stressed that it is crucial to integrate and generalize climate transparency, and in this regard SMEs, the main business fabric in our country, have enormous potential as drivers of change by operating in the areas closest to consumers and for their capacity for innovation: &#8220;<em>The launch of the PYMES Climate Hub opens a window of opportunity for Spain and its companies to lead the race towards climate neutrality,&#8221;<\/em> he concluded.  <strong>Ulargui.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-669a82c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"669a82c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-610448a\" data-id=\"610448a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b29c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39b29c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Maria-Mendiluce.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26913\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Maria-Mendiluce.png 460w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Maria-Mendiluce-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Maria-Mendiluce-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mar\u00eda Mendiluce, CEO of We Mean Business Coalition<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a34747\" data-id=\"3a34747\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0339b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0339b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For her part, <strong>Mar\u00eda Mendiluce<\/strong> highlighted how &#8220;<em>this initiative allows SMEs to contribute with multinational companies, banks and governments in the fight against climate change within the framework of the United Nations Race to Zero&#8221; <\/em>. Emphasizing that &#8220;<em>SMEs are an important part of the transition to a zero-emission economy. The PYMES Climate Hub wants to help with this transition<\/em>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e33ac5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e33ac5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f298da\" data-id=\"5f298da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e73e18f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e73e18f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gonzalo-Munoz.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26915\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gonzalo-Munoz.png 472w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gonzalo-Munoz-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gonzalo-Munoz-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Gonzalo Mu\u00f1oz Abogabir, COP25 High Level Climate Action Champion.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7ff8d2\" data-id=\"c7ff8d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b9acff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b9acff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lastly, <strong>Gonzalo Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>, recalled that &#8220;.<em>SMEs globally represent 90% of businesses and are the lifeblood of many communities and economies and we cannot leave them behind in the race to net-zero emissions: the SME Climate Hub provides small and medium-sized enterprises with the tools they need to make climate commitments and take immediate action&#8221;.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-265f00a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"265f00a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1f0a86\" data-id=\"c1f0a86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728d5ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"728d5ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These initial presentations were followed by a round table discussion with the participation of professionals from the following companies  <strong>BBVA<\/strong>,  <strong>Iberdrola,<\/strong> <strong>Telef\u00f3nica and <\/strong>members of other organizations such as  <strong>Spanish Group for Green Growth<\/strong>,  <strong>CEOE-CEPYME<\/strong> and the  <strong>British Embassy in Spain.  <\/strong>The latter brought the vision of the United Kingdom, which earlier this year partnered with the SME Climate Hub to launch the &#8220;Climate for Business&#8221; campaign.<em>Together for our Planet<\/em>&#8220;, encouraging local small businesses to take climate action. Since then, more than 2,000 UK SMEs have signed up to the SME Climate Commitment, a success story that reflects the importance of government involvement.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec3f380 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec3f380\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bf298c\" data-id=\"1bf298c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8368ae4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8368ae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Maria-Cortes.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26916\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Maria-Cortes.png 500w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Maria-Cortes-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Maria-Cortes-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mar\u00eda Cort\u00e9s, CEO of Laragon<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc04da9\" data-id=\"bc04da9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26ad06e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26ad06e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The round table was also attended by <strong>Mar\u00eda Cort\u00e9s<\/strong>, CEO of <strong>Laragon<\/strong>, a Spanish SME that has been a member of the platform for several months: &#8220;We are pleased to announce that we have been able to participate in the platform for several months.<em>We can all do something, we all add up and we can generate a positive impact in this battle against climate change, including SMEs. The best thing about this platform is that it is oriented to the size of our organization, that it allows us to set ambitious but realistic goals and that it provides tools and resources to achieve them,<\/em>&#8220;said Cort\u00e9s in his speech.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78a6c7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78a6c7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5fdf34\" data-id=\"d5fdf34\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cb9c30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cb9c30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Small and medium-sized enterprises are essential to meet the challenge of climate change: In Spain there are more than 1.3 million SMEs employing around 8.5 million people.<\/strong><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddd6d6e\" data-id=\"ddd6d6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-323e715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"323e715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The science is clear: we need to halve our emissions by 2030 to reach climate neutrality in time. To this end, all companies, regardless of their sector or size, have an important role to play. It should be remembered that Spain currently has more than 1.3 million SMEs that employ 8.5 million people, according to the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mites.gob.es\/estadisticas\/Emp\/Emp21-Sep\/Resumen%20de%20resultados%20Septiembre%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest data published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy<\/a>. The objective of launching this campaign at national level is to ensure that the initiative reaches as many companies as possible, both large and SMEs, so that the latter can rely on the platform, benefiting from the resources that will be offered free of charge, to adopt climate measures immediately.  <strong>More than 2,300 companies from 80 countries are already part of the initiative and we hope that many more will now join from both Spain and Latin America<\/strong>. Companies and governments around the world need to commit to a zero net emissions future.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b54f6c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b54f6c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f3af52\" data-id=\"4f3af52\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4022757 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4022757\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMESCLIMATEHUB6-1024x486.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26917\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMESCLIMATEHUB6-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMESCLIMATEHUB6-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMESCLIMATEHUB6-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMESCLIMATEHUB6-1536x729.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMESCLIMATEHUB6-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PYMESCLIMATEHUB6.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The presentation event was attended by the Spanish Climate Change Office, the Spanish Green Growth Group, CEOE-CEPYME, the British Embassy in Spain, Laragon, and large multinationals such as Iberdrola, Telef\u00f3nica and BBVA.  <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d79a18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d79a18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ebcc99\" data-id=\"7ebcc99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499718b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"499718b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PYMES CLIMATE HUB Website <strong>\n  <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\n    <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/smeclimatehub.org\/<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small and medium-sized enterprises find their way in the race to zero emissions through the &#8220;SME Climate Hub&#8221;. The SME Climate Hub is a global initiative founded by the We Mean Business Coalition, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the UN Race to Zero campaign, which facilitates SMEs to make &#8230; <a title=\"Small and medium-sized enterprises find their way in the race to zero emissions through the &#8220;SME Climate Hub&#8221;.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-find-their-way-in-the-race-to-zero-emissions-through-the-sme-climate-hub\/\" aria-label=\"More on Small and medium-sized enterprises find their way in the race to zero emissions through the &#8220;SME Climate Hub&#8221;.\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[159,161,160],"class_list":["post-29126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laragon-events","tag-climate-change","tag-eventslaragon","tag-laragonsostenible-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laragon.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}