NHS Supply Chain has published its annual sustainability report
10 November 2011 at 10:53
NHS Supply Chain has published its annual sustainability report with a 14% carbon reduction in 2 years.The NHS Supply Chain (NHS SC) has been in action since 2006 with the aim to deliver £1billion in savings for the NHS. With approximately 60% of carbon emissions across the NHS being attributed to the procurement sector the NHS SC has seen the opportunity to help with key target areas including; Energy, Waste, Water, Transport, Staff travel, Internal procurement and Training and awareness. They are committed to putting the principles of sustainability into practice and with ISO 14001 certification the key objectives include:
- Improving water, energy and fuel efficiency
- Reducing emissions, waste and pollution from distribution centres and our fleet vehicles
- Increasing recycling
- Improving vehicle fleet utilisation
- Reducing packaging
- Making more efficient use of natural resources across our business activities.
LED lighting has played a part for sustainable operations noted here as a case study for Normanton Distribution Centre:
“Achievements for 2010: Undertook a trial of LED lighting on the loading bay at Normanton, reducing electricity consumption per hour from 500W to 6W.”
In the reports plans for 2011 – “Roll out LED lighting where appropriate across the network.” This is where we at Exled can help with energy saving and carbon emission cutting we are passionate about helping all areas of commercial and industrial organisations to help with their carbon cutting targets. We supply a wide range of LED solutions to help every area of a building, warehouse or estate save energy and carbon.
Give us a call for more information or arrange a site visit where we can help assess where LED lighting could benefit you not only with improved lighting levels but we can help towards the 2050 goal of an 80% reduction in carbon emissions.
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