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Waste Recycling Group (WRG) is conti-
nuing to focus on energy effciency as a key
business objective for 2012, as it celebra-
tes a very positive result in the frst Carbon
Reduction Commitment (CRC) list publis-
hed this month.
The company was ranked 140th in the lea-
gue table, out of more than 2,000 organisa-
tions and ahead of many major household
name businesses.
The CRC program was introduced by the
Government in 2008. Organisations that
meet the qualifcation criteria, based on
how much electricity they consumed in
2008, are obliged to participate in the CRC.
As well as reducing carbon emissions, the
scheme’s aim is to help organisations save
money by reducing their energy bills. The
better an organisation performs in terms
of cutting its emissions, the higher it will
appear in the annual performance league
table.
Lisa Green, WRG’s Environment Manager
responsible for the CRC programme, said:
“Our aim for next year is to continue to fo-
cus on better control of electricity, gas and
diesel usage at our operational facilities,
and to ensure that our site teams take res-
ponsibility for managing energy costs. But
we will also continue to educate all emplo-
yees, including those who work in our off-
ces, that they have a role in reducing the
amount of energy the Company uses.”
Last year WRG was awarded the Carbon
Trust Standard after taking action on cli-
mate change by measuring, managing and
reducing its carbon emissions by 14% over
the previous three years.
Energy eficiency,
a key objective of WRG
This certifcation recognises organisations
for real carbon reduction. Based on a rigo-
rous, independent assessment, it certifes
that organisations have measured, mana-
ged and reduced their carbon emissions
across their own operations, and are com-
mitted to reducing them year on year.
“This was a very signifcant achieve-
ment for WRG and it acknowledges
the hard work that our carbon reduc-
tion team have undertaken since the
Energy Effciency Scheme was introdu-
ced in 2008,” explained Paul Stokes,
WRG’s Group Manager of Safety,
Health, Environment and Quality.
“From the start our focus has been on
reducing our energy use and develo-
ping initiatives within the business to
ensure that we continue to drive down
costs. The beneft, of course, is twofold
– improved effciency and proftability
for the business, and the reduction in
carbon emissions which helps to offset
damaging climate change.”
WRG continues to face a particular
challenge in addressing energy eff-
ciency. “As a business engaged in see-
king maximum resource value from the
materials we manage on behalf of our
customers we inevitably increase our
activity – whether it is through recycling
or recovering renewable energy from
residual waste. This clearly leads to
our using more energy over time, and
the challenge for us is to balance this
increase against fnding greater energy
effciency so that we continue to dri-
ve out overall environmental benefts,”
said Paul.
“A very
signifcant
achievement for
WRG”