principle of cts welcomed
The financial cost of securing the Standard is between £5,000 and £12,000. The benefits
of earning a higher CRC bonus as a result are claimed to exceed that figure significantly.
Trust Standard, even though the additional
Abbey Corrugated, B&Q,
‘push’ attributed to the CTS will tail off in sub-
BERR, Bio Products
sequent years.
Laboratory, Booker, Branston,
Morrison again: “The financial outlay on
British Telecommunications,
meeting the Carbon Trust Standard is between
Centrica, Citrica, City of
£5,000 and £12,000. The benefits of securing
London Corporation, Crown
a higher CRC bonus as a direct result will ex-
Prosecution Service, DEFRA,
ceed that figure – by a significant amount in
DFID, Diageo, DSM
the case of the largest CRC participants.”
Nutritional Products, Durham
Constabulary, Fenland Leisure,
Take-up of Standard
Fife Council, First Direct, FIS
Chemicals, The Go-Ahead
The impact of CTS on early participation in
Group, Grange Door Systems,
the Carbon Reduction Commitment will not
H+H UK Limited, Hewlett-
become clear until nearer the formal start of
Packard, Higher Education
the scheme, but what has the take-up of the
Funding Council for England
Standard been so far?
(HEFCE), Highland Council,
By the end of March 2009, more than 70
HM Treasury, Hotelscene,
organisations had been awarded the CTS, sav-
Humberside Police, International
ing 500,000 tonnes of CO
2
. Perhaps more to
Cuisine, Johnson & Johnson
the point, they are cutting their qualifying elec-
savings data and a basis for justifying invest- Medical, Keele University, Kent
trical energy bills by around £60 million a
ment in other carbon reducing projects.” County Council, Keystone Law,
year.
King’s College London, Kyocera
Harry Morrison was enthusiastic about the
response to the Standard since its launch in
Support for CTS in Westminster
Mita, Lancashire Fire & Rescue
Services, Land Securities
June 2008. “It is good for reducing costs and
CTS has its supporters in Whitehall. Joan (London), Land Securities
boosting staff morale – an invaluable aid to
Ruddock MP, who is responsible for climate (Retail), LifeScan Scotland,
marketing at a time when suppliers’ environ-
change at DECC, sees it as assisting and pre- London Fire Brigade, London
mental credentials are being rated increas-
paring organisations at every level. In an in- School of Economics, The Mall
ingly highly.”
terview with The Informed Executive starting on Corporation, Manchester Airport,
page 6, the Minister is confident that it will im- Merseyside Police, Merseytravel,
Monitoring utility consumption
prove the standing of CRC participants but its Morrisons, National Australia
impact is not confined to those organisations. Group Europe, National
How organisations reduce their carbon emis-
“Any organisation that progresses towards Gallery, North Wales NHS
sions is outside the scope of the Carbon Trust
the Standard is following an agreed pro- Trust, O2 (Telefónica), Perth &
Standard. Monitoring utility consumption – a
gramme of work and that is to be welcomed. Kinross Council, Q C Supplies,
more encompassing task than simply install-
The Carbon Trust has considerable expertise Ricoh, RJC UK, Royal Mail
ing Half Hourly electricty meters – tracks the
in the management of carbon reduction and Group, Scottish Court Service,
amount of electricty, gas and water that is
achieves results. I am satisfied that whoever Shop Direct Group, Sibelco, Tate
being consumed minute by minute at how-
meets the requirements of the Standard will Galleries, Thames Water, Trinity
ever many points the user wishes to install
save money and reduce their carbon impact Mirror, Ulster Carpets, United
remote real-time monitoring sensors.
significantly. The Carbon Trust Standard rep- Utilites Water, University of
Specifically, it allows organisations to iden-
resents a win-win for all those involved.” Central Lancashire, University of
tify areas where savings can be made easily.
If the CTS matures at the rate suggested by Edinburgh, University of Kent,
The head of the CTS scheme saw the advantage
the number and diversity of those who have University of Manchester,
in this process. “Having carbon consumption
qualified for it so far, that is a view that will no University of St Andrews, West
quantified in this way is helping organisations
doubt be shared by whoever holds the brief for Mercia Constabulary, Woking
to make headway. It gives directors audited
climate change in future governments. § Borough Council
The Informed Executive
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