Why have we committed to become Carbon Neutral?

Climate change is increasingly recognised as a major global threat. It is widely accepted that the greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans are having a negative impact on the environment. The most important greenhouse gas arising from human activity is carbon dioxide [CO2]. By using electricity generated from fossil fuels, burning gas for heating, driving a petrol (or diesel) car, every person is responsible for CO2 emissions. We recognise our responsibility for emissions generated by running our business and pledge to decrease our energy consumption, business travel and waste generation to help reduce CO2 emissions.

What is a carbon footprint?

The total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly by an individual, a company, an event or a product is called their carbon footprint. We calculate our carbon footprint by measuring our energy usage, petrol / diesel consumption and company travel and convert these figures to the equivalent in tons of CO2 emissions.

What is our carbon footprint?

The total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly by Richard Wilson Dencol and Power and Distribution Transformers Ltd is 331t (TBC).

What means Carbon Neutral?

Carbon neutral stands for achieving a net zero carbon footprint through both internal and external reductions of CO2 emissions. Internal reductions are things we do within our business and the way all our people behave i.e. switching off lights, cycling to work and installing more energy efficient operating equipment. External reductions (called ‘carbon offsetting’) are reductions we make happen outside of our business. The way it works is that for every one ton of CO2 we produce, we pay for an equivalent one ton of CO2 to be saved through a project somewhere else in the world – like swapping kerosene in remote areas of India for ‘clean’ solar panels. One ton ‘offsets’ the other. Our carbon offsetting is organised by The CarbonNeutral Company.