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WHY GREEN IS GOOD FOR SOUTH WEST BUSINESS

Environmental Panorama
London – UK
May of 2005

 

25/05/2005 - Small businesses can make big savings from environmental action.
The Environment Agency today called for south west businesses to back World Environment Day and save money and the environment in three easy steps:
Switch off office equipment and lighting at night and when not in use

Organise and promote a car-sharing scheme with parking spaces reserved for participants

Use double-sided printing and recycle paper.

Over a year these simple actions would not only prevent acres of trees from being felled and reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, but they can also help businesses save hundreds of pounds on their electricity and stationery bills.

Typical savings could include:

long-term energy bill savings of 30 percent in most sectors when switching off office equipment and lighting at night and when not in use

save £65 per year by replacing 10 normal lightbulbs with energy efficient ones that use 75 percent less electricity, provide the same amount of light and last up to 10 times longer

save up to 50 percent on paper costs for printers and copiers

there are currently more than 10 million empty seats on UK roads every day, car sharing reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and is also an effective way of saving money and reducing congestion. A 10 percent increase in car occupancy would result in a 9 percent reduction in traffic.

These actions are among the 12 pledges that westcountry businesses can sign up to for World Environment Day 2005 on June 5. Last year over 12,000 people signed up to one or more pledges and in a year they saved over 100 million litres of water, reduced carbon dioxide emissions by one million kilos and cleared half a million plastic bags from the environment. This year the Environment Agency hopes to beat these targets and is urging all businesses to take part too.

Richard Cresswell, Environment Agency south west regional director, says: "Businesses consume vast amounts of energy in the course of a normal working day, paper and plastic, electricity, and carbon dioxide emissions. World Environment Day is a perfect opportunity for them to try and replenish some of the resources they use up. The pledges are very simple for even the smallest company and will save money too."
To find out more about World Environment Day and to make a pledge visit www.environment-agency.gov.uk/wed. The site also has a full list of tips on how businesses can benefit from environmental change.

For further information call Jane Fletcher-Peters on 01392 352276 or Mark Rice on 01392 352488. Email Jane on jane.fletcher-peters@environment-agency.gov.uk.

NOTE TO EDITORS

World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June every year

World Environment Day was started by the United Nations in 1972 to focus world-wide attention on the environment. In the UK it is promoted by the Environment Agency and businesses and the general public are encouraged to sign up to one or more personal pledges that show how they can make a difference to the environment.

You can make a pledge at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/wed.

Statistics courtesy of The Carbon Trust, December 2004 (www.thecarbontrust.co.uk) and liftshare, March 2005 (www.liftshare.co.uk)

 
 

Source: Environment Agency – United Kingdom (http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk)
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(Bridget Norris)
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