Process of the Small Business Sustainability Mark

Step 1 

Once you have completed our free self-assessment, you will receive a breakdown of your scores. This will also send your information to the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce.   

We will typically reach out to you within ten working days to follow up with you on the results of the self-assessment; to accredit we will ask to check your self-assessment for accuracy and discuss next steps for accrediting to the Small Business Sustainability Mark. 

Step 2 

You may find you need some support in meeting the threshold for the self-assessment, we are able to give you an in-depth review of your self-assessment and provide recommendations and 1 to 1 support to help you meet the standard required. Once you have implemented the recommendations, you will be invited to take the self-assessment again to become accredited.  We can offer this support at a reduced rate if you are a Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce member.   

If you can accredit straight away, we will still provide you a series of recommendations and suggestions to improve your score. Once you have paid our accreditation fee, we will send you the Small Business Sustainability Mark logo which you can put on your website and promote how you wish, we will then place on the Small Business Sustainable Business directory.

12 months later 

You will be invited back to renew your accreditation to the Small Business Sustainability Mark, this will require you to share a small article of the positive initiatives you have done in the past year relating to sustainability, which we will promote on our channels.  The re-accreditation fee will be offered to Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce members at a reduced rate.

Annual Renewal    

Accredited businesses will be required to reaccredit annually; they will also be encouraged to write a brief article on the actions they have taken over the last year, this helps to support the businesses promotion of ESG actions to your stakeholders, as well as Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce who will promote your work within its networks.  

Pricing 

Accreditation costs  

Members £100 + annual renewal £50 

Non-members £150 + annual renewal £150 

Support  

Access 4 hours free support through your Standard Plus membership  

Members £320 (4 hours) 

Non-members £440 (4 hours)