Linesave get green achiever silver status
Published August 21, 2008 at 2:38 pm · Filed under Features
Shrewsbury Web Company Going Green
A Shrewsbury based Web company Linesave UK Ltd has just become part of the nationwide Green Achiever Scheme and is the 1st company to achieve the Silver Achiever status. This is part of Linesave’s commitment to reduce their impact on the environment.
Barely a day passes without climate change or other environmental issues being in the news and consumers are taking more interest in the green credentials of the products and services they buy.
John Peters, Managing Director of Linesave UK Ltd, saw the Green Achiever Scheme as a simple way to show their customers they care for the environment.
“We are proud to be able to show that you can combine dynamic growth, technology and green credentials - and especially that we can make a carbon offset commitment so close to Shrewsbury. The Green Achiever logo demonstrates, to both our customers and suppliers, that we take Green Issues seriously”.
To achieve the Silver level of Green Achiever, a business needs to undergo a detailed environmental audit that checks compliance to environmental legislation and assesses the current status of the business with regard to issues such as energy efficiency, emissions to air and water, waste management, and environmental communication. A carbon footprint exercise and an action plan to address the key environmental concerns identified during the audit are key outputs of the process. The next step is to achieve these goals and move towards the Gold Standard of the scheme.
The Green Achiever award is rapidly becoming recognised as a way for companies to show customers they are actually becoming greener. Mandy Stoker, director of the Green Achiever Scheme, explained how they only register companies that are making a conscious effort to be green.
“Being aware of how your company impacts the environment is the first step but we only award Green Achiever status to companies who can show us they have real intent to modify their practices where necessary.”
“I am really pleased Linesave UK Ltd has made the effort to achieve this award and hope other businesses in Shrewsbury will follow their example,” concluded Ms Stoker.
For more information or to join the Green Achiever Scheme you can visit http://www.greenachiever.co.uk/ and follow the link to Free Environmental Health Check. Alternatively, you can contact the Green Achiever team on 01743 343403.
