Tuesday - 6th December 2011
Becoming Planet Positive
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To further demonstrate our commitment to the environment, Vokes Air UK has become a Planet Positive certified business and is now engaged in a formal programme to reduce the carbon emissions of the business based in Burnley. Achieving Planet Positive certification is an international recognition of the highest sustainability standards. Vokes Air is following a four-step process including measurement of the company's carbon footprint, and have committed to reducing emissions by 5% per annum. |
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“We believe that good business goes hand-in-hand with positive social and environmental actions,” said David Connolly, Plant Manager at Vokes Air UK. “Achieving and maintaining Planet Positive certification demonstrates our commitment to reducing carbon emissions, and is a key part of a wider corporate social responsibility programme. Working with Planet Positive will help us realise the changes and create a better way of doing business.”
Using the internationally recognised Planet Positive Protocol methodology, the Vokes Air UK carbon footprint for 2011 was calculated at 254 t/CO2e.
