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Accelerate Your
Net Zero
Mission

From low carbon product design to circular economy business models and decarbonisation plans, we can help make your ideas happen.

If you're on a net zero mission, talk to us.

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Are you on a mission to tackle the climate crisis?

Are you on a mission to tackle the climate crisis?

Clean Growth UK is a pioneering university-led business network that helps members get innovative ideas to market faster.

Join us to access university expertise and resources and innovation funding to develop clean and green products, services, and business models.

A one-stop-shop for clean innovation.

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What we offer

Net Zero 360

Our Net Zero 360 workshops help you understand and measure your carbon footprint. They can include follow-on access to university support to help decarbonise your business.

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Innovation Accelerator

Through our Innovation Accelerator, we'll work with you to identify the right university expertise and resources to take your clean innovations forward. Includes prototyping, product design and testing, and the development of new business models and processes.

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Clean Growth Funding

Support identifying and applying for grant funding and investment, including a regularly-updated innovation grant finder tool.

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Membership of the network

Our 3,000 members get access to business resources, workshops and regular updates on funding opportunities, events, and other net zero innovation news.

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Three University Hubs, open for business

Do you have a business idea that could help tackle the climate crisis?

We’re your route to accessing university expertise, facilities, and resources to get those ideas moving faster.

Talk to us about product design and testing, material innovation, business model development, improvements to business processes, scope 3 carbon emissions, and more.

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South East Hub
University of Brighton
South West Hub
University of Portsmouth
North Hub
Liverpool John Moores University

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FAQs

We help businesses reduce their impact on the environment and make innovative clean growth business ideas happen. We help business understand their impact hotspots and link them with university expertise, facilities, and funding to accelerate solutions.

Yes. If you're developing a low carbon innovation or circular business model and need expertise to move it forward, get in touch.

Clean Growth UK doesn't provide funding directly, but we have decades of experience helping businesses successfully apply for grants. Talk to us about your business and we can help identify appropriate funding and, in many cases, help you apply.

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