1. Use audio conferencing facilities instead of travelling to meetings - If every small business in the UK replaced 10 meetings a year with audio conferences, small businesses could collectively save more than 1.7 million tonnes of CO2. Cutting back on travel would also cut cost of air tickets, train tickets and petrol.

2. Cut out unnecessary trips back to the office by using mobile technology - Using mobile devices to communicate can reduce employees having to to make additional trips back to the office after meetings. With a reduction in employee car travel to the equivalent of two working days each year, small businesses could save save more than one million tonnes of CO2, as well as saving on fuel costs.

3. Turn off computers and non operational electrical equipment at the end of each day - If every small business in the UK forgets to switch off just one PC monitor at night, they could be together be wasting enough energy for every person in London to microwave at least two dinners each. Together with helping the environment, turning off equipment will reduce electric bills.

4. Use recycled stationery and save paper - If every small to mid size business (SME) switched to recycled paper, they would collectively save billions of litres of water.

5. Operate flexible working - If the equivalent of one employee working from home just one day a week for one year was made policy, small businesses could collectively save 516 million kilos of CO2 in reduced travel.