Arena Coventry Limited, who run and manage the Ricoh Arena site in Coventry have been rewarded for reducing their carbon emissions by 16% from April 07 until March 2010 by being awarded The Carbon Trust Standard.
The standard recognises organsiations for their work in real carbon reduction and organisations need to to under go strict assessment to make sure they are measuring, managing and reducing their carbon emissions year after year.
ACL's Energy manager Alan Pickering told the Ricoh Arena website: "We're delighted to have achieved the Carbon Trust Standard. It is a great way of showing that we are on the front foot when it comes to carbon management best practices, and gives us an opportunity to communicate our environmental credentials with integrity to those that matter.
"Cutting carbon is a priority for us as a business and delivers tangible bottom-line benefits. We have already cut our carbon emissions by 16 per cent as part of the initiative and are committed to making further reductions in the future.
"Going through the assessment process to achieve the Carbon Trust Standard helped us to not only quantify our footprint, but also benchmark our performance and identify areas for improvement bringing tangible and significant cost savings across our operations.
"In the current climate it's essential that we remain competitive, and the Carbon Trust Standard is another way we can stay ahead of the game and helps us towards the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme."
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