Working together to deliver a low carbon future for Scotland
RBS sets long term commitment to reduce carbon emissions of business travel Travel undertaken by RBS staff currently accounts for 10% of the company’s total carbon footprint. It also brings a substantial cost to the business in terms of flights, trains, car hire and subsistence expenses, not to mention the time spent by employees travelling. RBS is committed to reducing the impact its business travel has on the environments, and as such, recently set a …
Background Young Scot is committed to delivering services to young people in the most effective and sustainable way as possible. To that end, in 2010, Young Scot set out to do an in depth review of its carbon emissions. This was done in partnership with Osbert Lancaster, an independent consultant facilitator for sustainability, together with two young people, who were recruited via the Green Business Partnership’s Environmental Placement Programme, an initiative which matches students with …
Edinburgh City Council has made significant progress in the process of defining their strategies to achieve sustainability over the last few years. Sustainable Edinburgh 2020 sets out a sustainability framework based on the Aalborg Charter, to which it is committed and the council’s sustainability targets: Edinburgh to have reduced its carbon emissions by over 40% across the city. More efficient energy consumption across all sectors by at least 12%. More renewable energy with renewable energy …
With over 100,000 employees working across the UK and overseas, business travel has a significant impact on Lloyds Banking Group’s operations. Here, we look at how the Group’s TRAVELwise programme is tackling the issue through introducing new ways of working, exploiting technology and promoting more sustainable means of travel. Lloyds Banking Group has a long standing commitment to managing and reducing the environmental impact of our business operations. Lloyds TSB was one of the first …
SSE Overview SSE is the broadest based energy company in the UK, with interests in many areas including electricity and gas production, distributing and supplying electricity and gas to homes and businesses, and providing home services like wiring cover and central heating maintenance. SSE is aiming to change how energy is made and used, to work towards a lower carbon future. Current projects and innovations include wave and tidal energy, onshore and offshore wind, biogas, …
