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This ambitious but very achievable campaign was conceived by the team behind the film The Age of Stupid, and to date it has been supported by partner organisations such as the Energy Saving Trust, the Carbon Trust and ActionAid to name but a few.
What is 10:10?
It is a project to unite every sector of British Society (individuals, business, education and organisations) to work together to achieve 10% cut in the UK's carbon emissions in 2010.
We at the Greenshop Group support the 10:10campaign, both the national 10:10, the Gloucestershire County Council 10:10, the Gloucestershire Media 10:10 and thisisgloucestershire 10:10 campaign.
As a Group we are doing our bit as we have reduced our Carbon footprint to 1.34 tonnes per employee - compared to the national average being three tonnes per employee. This will be an ongoing project, and hopefully next year we will have reduced this footprint by even more.
As carbon reduction is such an important issue it is fundamental to the Greenshop Group's business procedures.
So whether you are a business or individual, please do sign up to this pledge and let us discover it is possible for all of us to achieve this 10% cut when we work together.
www.1010uk.org
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/carbonwatchers
www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/1010 |
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24-Feb-10: We win a Greenest Office Award |
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We win a Greenest Office Award
We are really pleased to be the National Winner of Cartridge World UK’s Greenest Office 2009.
From architects to law firms to engineering and construction companies, all entered this competition. First of all we heard we had won the Regional Award (which we thought was great) and a week later only to be informed we were the Overall Winner!
To achieve this we had to answer various questions (each question completed with 200 words). Such as “What work are you doing to reduce your waste and increase recycling?” “What steps have been taken to reduce your energy consumption?” “What work are you doing to manage your carbon footprint?” “What is the carbon footprint per staff member?”
It was an interesting exercise to work out some of the figures, and as mentioned in the last newsletter we have become a carbon neutral company and in doing so be associated with the company Co2balance.
Cartridge World said ‘The reason why the Greenshop Group was chosen was due to the fact that environmental considerations made up a fundamental part of the business, and showed that this can be achieved without any detriment to running a successful business. Congratulations to all.’
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10-Feb-10: Greenshop Group gets Greener |
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We officially know the carbon footprint for each member of staff – it is 1.34 tonnes/person, which is very impressive, as the average is approximately 3 tonnes. These figures were worked out from September ’08 to August ’09. Needless to say we are very pleased with this, but we won’t rest on our laurels. Although to arrive at a footprint was fairly time consuming, it was also an interesting fact finding discovery.
Some calculations were easy to collate e.g. electricity, both mains and PV (photovoltaic) consumption, water usage, both mains and our rainwater harvesting systems, the total floor space, which was also broken down into naturally ventilated (cellular) and natural ventilated (open plan) and air conditioning (none!). Other calculations took a little more time – e.g. total distance of motor vehicles travelled within the year. This had to be broken down into small (1.4l), medium (1.4l-2l), and large (>2l) and then into either petrol or diesel, plus the calculation for our Prius hybrid. Royal Mail and courier deliveries had to be collated together from Greenshop, Auro, Rainharvesting Systems and Greenshop Solar offices, and the total number of shipments for the year. Also required was the average weight of each consignment, and this varied a huge amount from company to company – Greenshop’s average being 6kg and Greenshop Solar’s being 450kg!.
Now we have to challenge ourselves to improve on this figure year on year.
The company we chose to offset with is co2balance Ltd.
www.co2balance.com or www.icroa.org
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