A significant amount of work is
ongoing to deliver long-term efficiencies both within Babcock and
for our customers in a way that is mindful of
environmental impacts.
The environment and carbon
emissions
All of our businesses are either ISO 14001 certified or
follow best environmental practice. Following the acquisition of
VT, we have reviewed the environmental management systems in
place across the Group and one of our environmental targets
is to achieve ISO 14001 certification across all divisions and
business units by the end of 2012.
During the year, we obtained the
Carbon Trust Standard and we have installed automatic meters
wherever possible, going beyond the minimum required to obtain
the Standard. As a result, we are confident that we will be well
positioned in the performance league table due to be published by
the Environment Agency in autumn 2011 under the CRC Energy
Efficiency Scheme. Within the framework of our Group
environmental and carbon management policies, business units set
their own more detailed carbon policies covering all aspects
of their business, with clear links to objectives to achieve
carbon emissions reductions.
Babcock obtained the Carbon Trust
Standard with a high score of 82.5%. The Standard was obtained
on the basis of data for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2010
covering emissions from electricity and gas consumption,
on-site energy consumption and fuel consumption in vehicles owned
by Babcock. Over that period, Babcock achieved an absolute
reduction in carbon emissions of 1.8% and a relative reduction of
7.2%.
In line with the requirements of the
Carbon Trust Standard, our target is to reduce our carbon footprint
by at least 2.5% year-on-year.
The MoD's Sustainable
Procurement Flexible Framework
We signed the Sustainable Procurement Charter jointly with the
MoD in 2008 and have since been implementing our action
plan to achieve the requirements of the MoD's Sustainable
Procurement Flexible Framework. We have committed to reaching Level
3 of the Framework by 2012, which we are on track to achieve.
We are also using the same action plan developed to meet the
requirements of the Framework to promote the sustainable
procurement agenda throughout the Babcock Group and to disseminate
it through our supply chain.
Case study
Babcock has developed a Strategic Energy Management Plan (SEMP)
with the MoD. The SEMP provides an intelligent energy monitoring
system and the optimisation of building controls for the client.
Currently Babcock is delivering the SEMP on 21 MoD sites within the
South West. The initiative approach to energy management has been
recognised by the MoD as best practice and, together, we are
looking to roll out the delivery across the MoD estate.