Atmospheric Impacts

Developing a carbon policy

We recognise that our activities have an impact on climate change. We are seeking to better understand these and to ensure that we minimise the negative and maximise the positive impacts that we can provide.

In 2007, we sought a clearer understanding of all our potential climate change impacts and developed a detailed and comprehensive Carbon Policy. This development will continue in 2008.

The policy sets the overall strategic direction and goals for our approach to CO2 emissions and assigns specific actions for each business area.

Our carbon footprint

15% reduction in our Carbon footprint in 2007 compared to 2006 (per £1 million UK revenue)

In measuring the carbon footprint of our business, we have identified a number of difficulties in capturing and accessing detailed information. Nevertheless, calculating our initial footprint has enabled us to assess where our large impacts are, and how we can manage and reduce them.

At this stage, we have succeeded in measuring the impacts of transport, hotel stays, the use of electricity gas and fuel oil and of waste and recycling.

In 2006 we calculated 62,296 tonnes of CO2 which we reduced in 2007 to 59,613 tonnes. Revenue (£1 million) has been used to normalise this data that demonstrates a 15% reduction in 2007 from 2006 data.

Through 2008 we will expand the data included in our carbon footprint and focus on our construction and support services impacts. We recognise that we are not yet fully assessing all of our impacts for example energy from temporary offices and projects, and are seeking to improve our understanding and capture of data.

David Hurcomb, Executive Director states: “We have set ourselves a tough target of 50% reduction in our carbon emissions by 2010 against our 2006 baseline per £m UK revenue”

Energy consumption

Head office energy consumption reduced by 13% on 2006.

Since 2004 we have been buying 100% Climate Change Levy (CCL) exempt green energy for the Carillion office. This comes from renewable sources and is exempt of CCL charges.

Carillion Fleet Management

The size and composition of our fleet fluctuates from year to year. In spite of this ever changing baseline we continue to reduce the CO2 emissions in our car fleet, through:

-	Changes to the models of cars available to employees and highlighting the CO2 rating of each car
-	Providing video conferencing facilities and focusing on reducing business mileage
-	Increasing the numbers of diesel and hybrid vehicles in our fleet
-	Smarter driving techniques

8.2% reduction in CO2 per Carillion Fleet Management vehicle since 2006

	2007	2006	2005	2004
Kg CO2 per vehicle	3,319	3,617	4,121	4,291

Conferencing

Video and / or web conferencing are now available in over 70 offices and were used for 1,934 hours in 2007. Teleconferencing has increased 4.5 fold since 2005, with a total of 32,210 hours in 2007.