• Caribbean Small Business Energy Survey

    Help Shape an Online Energy Tool for Caribbean Businesses
  • Caribbean Export survey promotion featuring a Caribbean business owner using a tablet. The survey helps shape a free online energy and sustainability tool for Caribbean businesses.

  • Caribbean Export Development Agency, with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is conducting a regional study to better understand the energy and sustainability needs of Caribbean businesses.

     

    We know that many small businesses are facing rising electricity and operating costs, increasing customer and market expectations, and limited time or resources to invest in improvements. This short survey will help shape a free online tool designed specifically for Caribbean MSMEs to help businesses:

     

    • Identify opportunities to reduce energy and operating costs
    • Improve efficiency in energy, water, and materials
    • Access relevant financing and support
    • Meet sustainability standards where relevant


    The survey is designed to take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. Your feedback will help ensure the tool is practical, relevant, and useful for businesses across the Caribbean.

    Confidentiality Notice: All responses will remain confidential and will be analysed only in aggregated form. Information provided through this survey will be used solely to inform the design of an online energy and sustainability tool for Caribbean businesses. Responses regarding current challenges, priorities, or potential investments are for research purposes only and do not constitute any commitment or intention to invest. Providing contact information is entirely optional.

    Thank you for your valuable contribution.

  • Section 1: About your business and operations

  • Q1. In which country is your business primarily located?*
  • Q2. How many physical operating sites does your business have in your country?*
  • Q3. What is your role in the company?*
  • Q4. What is the company's main business activity?*
  • Q5. How many people does your business employ, including full-time and part-time staff?*
  • Q6. How many years has your business been operating?*
  • Q7. Does your business export goods or services?*
  • Q8. What type of premises does your business mainly operate from?*
  • Q9. Approximately how many hours per week does your business operate?*

  • Section 2 : Your Energy and Resource Use

  • Please indicate all values in the rest of the survey in USD equivalent.
  • Q10. What is your current approximate monthly electricity cost?*
  • Q11. Compared with 12 months ago, how have your electricity costs changed?*
  • Q12. What is your approximate annual electricity consumption?
  • Q13. What are your main electricity uses?*
  • Q14. How often does your business experience power outages ?*
  • Q15. What are your main water sources?*
  • Q16. What are your main water uses?*
  • Q18. How often does your business experience water shortages, restrictions or supply interruptions?*
  • Q19. Which fuel types does your business use?*
  • Q20. What is your approximate monthly fuel cost?*
  • Q22. What are your main fuel uses?*
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  • Section 3 : Tracking, Current Practices and Awareness

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  • Q24. Who is mainly responsible for tracking energy, water, fuel or resource efficiency in the business?*
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  • Q26. Which of the following sustainability or efficiency measures has your business already implemented?*
  • Q28. Does your business currently use any form of green or renewable energy in its day-to-day operations?
  • Q29. Does your business use any of the following vehicles as part of its operations? (Choose all that apply)*
  • Q27. Has your business ever conducted an energy, water or resource efficiency audit?*
  • Q28. Does your business currently hold any sustainability certification, standard or formal buyer compliance requirement?*

  • Section 4 : Challenges, barriers and implementationreadiness

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  • Q34. What level of investment would your business realistically consider for efficiency or renewable energy improvements ?*

  • Section 5 : What You Need From an Energy Tool

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  • Q36. What type of output would be most useful to deliver the results of the energy audit tool?*
  • Q37. Which device would you most likely use to access the tool?*
  • Q44. In which language would you prefer to use the tool?*
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  • Q46. Would you use a free online tool to assess your energy, water, fuel and resource use?*
  • Q47. Under what conditions would you use the tool?*

  • Section 6 : Support Needs and Final Comments

  • Q39. In addition to the online energy tool, what other kind of support would you like to see?*
  • Q39. Who would you be most likely to contact for support in improving energy or resource efficiency practices?*
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