World leaders are meeting in Glasgow this week to address climate change at the Cop 26 Summit.
Businesses at home are also facing challenges in becoming greener in order to comply with the Climate Action Plan recently passed by the Government.
Dermot McArdle is head of Business Markets in Electric Ireland and is responsible for advising organisations big and small, public and private, on their strategies to be more sustainable and energy efficient.
He's been speaking to our reporter, Diarmuid Pepper, about what local businesses can do to be more sustainable, the challenges and opportunities for adopting renewable energy, and how technology can play a big role in reducing a business' energy bills: