Tarmac has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard in the UK in recognition of its efforts to measure, manage and reduce its carbon emissions. The company has said that it has achieved a 15% reduction in its emissions across its 537 UK quarries, asphalt plants, concrete plants, lime and cement operations. Based on a rigorous, independent assessment, the standard certifies that organisations have measured, managed and reduced their carbon emissions across their own operations, and are committed to reducing th
Tarmac has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard in the UK in recognition of its efforts to measure, manage and reduce its carbon emissions. The company has said that it has achieved a 15% reduction in its emissions across its 537 UK quarries, asphalt plants, concrete plants, lime and cement operations.
Based on a rigorous, independent assessment, the standard certifies that organisations have measured, managed and reduced their carbon emissions across their own operations, and are committed to reducing them year on year.
Tarmac director of sustainability Dr Martyn Kenny said, “Securing this independent award recognises our long-term commitment to reducing our environmental impact and carbon across all of our operations.
“We run a number of carbon management programme, which includes energy roadmaps and energy saving targets, employee training and awards. We’re also put in place a wide range of initiatives, from investing £13.4million in a new, more energy efficient lime kiln Tunstead which has cut CO2 emissions by 40 per cent per tonne of lime produced; new SMARTmetering technology that we’ve rolled out to each UK site which provides us with live data to monitor and identify energy savings; and an extensive waste-derived fuels programme at our cement kiln. Our combined programmes have contributed to us delivering tangible carbon savings.
“We recognise that we need to continue to develop this important work, and the Carbon Trust Standard provides a very effective tool to help benchmark this progress.”
