Small companies in Scotland must become cleaner and greener in the way they operate - because consumers demand it and they will miss out on business opportunities if they don’t.

However, those small businesses often struggle to know where to start when trying to make their business more sustainable.

That’s the motivation behind a new partnership between Royal Bank of Scotland and Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI) - to share information and support to help small businesses become more sustainable themselves, and seize market opportunities presented by the shift to net zero.

A Scotsman/Royal Bank podcast, Growing Green Leaders, highlights the fact that small and medium-sized enterprises in Scotland (SMEs) can help each other to do better.