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Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
Ed Miliband Unveils Loans Scheme For Green Home Improvements
The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, today announced details of a "green loans" scheme to help people pay for improvements to their homes to make them more energy efficient. The scheme, which would see loans remain attached to the ... click here to read more »
Monday, March 1st 2010
Spring Is Back To Normal – After 15 Freak Mild Years
Spring begins today, Monday 1 March, and it is running about three weeks to a month late compared to recent years. The coldest winter since 1981 has kept the natural world locked up tight, substantially setting back the blossoming of trees and sprin... click here to read more »
Thursday, February 18th 2010
UK's Greenest Office - The Greenshop Group
Following a countrywide search to name the UK’s Greenest Office, Gloucestershire based Greenshop Group have been announced as the Overall Winner of the “Cartridge Word’s Greenest Office competition. co2balance have been working in ... click here to read more »
Our Environmental Policy
We recognise that our own operations also have an effect on the local, regional and global environment. As a consequence of this, we are committed to continuous improvements in our own environmental performance and the prevention of pollution, as well as offsetting our own emissions.
The directors and staff participated in defining the policy and the creation of the Environmental Policy Action Plan. The Policy and the Action Plan have both been adopted by the directors and have been communicated to all employees. An annual review: carried out and presented to the directors with an aim to secure continual improvement of our environmental performance which can be achieved with the economically viable application of best available technology.
We welcome input from clients on this important feature of our work, thereby helping to sharpen our policy. We are also happy to advise clients by sharing our methods.
We are working towards accreditation under the Soil Association’s ‘Woodmark’ Scheme, which sets out standards for sustainable afforestation and woodland management.
The Environmental Policy Action Plan incorporates the following general features:
- Use electronic communications, reducing consumption of paper
- Use teleconferencing facilities to avoid travelling to meetings and to save time.
- Allow staff to work from home avoiding the need to travel or to heat/light offices
- Recycle waste paper, print cartridges, kitchen waste, and electronic equipment
- Use public transport when available
- Lift share to events,meetings, etc., to reduce fuel consumption
- Regularly service and maintain vehicles to ensure fuel efficiency
- Are seeking to implement renewable electricity generation at our homes and office
- Use low-energy bulbs and energy efficient equipment
- All our staff are CarbonZero