Swift Group signs five year carbon reduction deal

by Damien Sharkov
‘<' . strtolower('Array') href="/swift/">Swift Group has announced a five-year deal with energy consultancy firm Orchard Energy in a bid to increase its energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint of the current and future line up of products.
Orchard Energy will be in charge of the Cottingham-based leisure firm’s environmental practices.
“Orchard will be handling all our compliance under the CRC [Carbon Reduction Commitment] scheme, working with us to meet reporting deadlines throughout the year,” Jim Bolton of Swift said.
The Carbon Reduction Commitment affects large public and private sector organisations across the UK. Together they are responsible for around 10% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Participants in the government initiative include supermarkets, water companies, banks, local authorities and all central government departments.
“Our current production facility, which opened in 2006, was specifically designed to minimise lighting and heating costs and we are keen to ensure that we are always doing everything we can to reduce our environmental impact,” Jim added.
“Swift already has targets in place for carbon reduction and improved efficiency and our role will be to manage the administration associated with the compliance process and provide them with the information and tools they need to monitor usage and assess their energy strategy regularly over the life of the contract,” Orchard Energy’s Marie Titley said.