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SEVERN Trent Water has received an award for its carbon reduction and management programmes.
The company, which supplies full water services to South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire and sewerage services to East Staffordshire, was awarded the Carbon Trust Standard after it demonstrated a reduction in its carbon emissions and robust carbon management standard.
General manager for energy and carbon Andrew Gardner said: “Achieving the Carbon Trust Standard is good news as it clearly shows that the effort we’ve put into managing our carbon footprints is paying off.
“We’ve put a lot of work into energy management, and one of our stated goals is to minimise our carbon footprint by improving energy efficiency and generating more renewable electricity.
“In 2008/09 alone, we generated 17.5 per cent of our total electricity consumption from renewable sources.
“And we aim to produce 30 per cent our electricity demand from renewable sources by 2013, which we’ll seek to achieve by employing a number of initiatives including combined heat and power, energy crops, wind power and hydroelectricity, as well as encouraging our employees to think about steps they can take to reduce our energy consumption.”