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How we can all play a part in
cutting greenhouse gas emissions
MOST of us have heard the latest
achieving significant reductions as we
move to lower-carbon technologies includ
lion tonnes last year. We are already look at our fuel use, energy use and to whoever shows the largest
environmental buzz-phrase “carbon
reduction by next year
footprint” but what exactly is it –
Taking the challenge will be:
ʼs conference.
and why is it important?
ing renewables, and our emissions per
business travel. Eventually the carbon
Lynn Wilson, Commercial
attended this year
kWh are 20 per cent lower than in 1990.
- footprint produced will help to identify
Robert Bower, Damhead Creek
answer that now they have a better
Energy Wholesale employees who
Additional changes under our Business
opportunities to reduce emissions – for
Keith Anderson,
understanding of global warming and
ʼs staff conference can
Plan should see emissions fall by another
example by replacing business travel
Renewables & Major Projects
Colin Caldow,
cutting emissions of greenhouse gasses.
30-40 per cent in the next 10 years.
with video-conferencing where possible,
adopting more energy-ef
Charles MacKendrick, Shoreham
Kate O’Hagan, Finance
impact human activities have on the
internal energy use, business travel, etc
at our sites and generally influencing
Yvonne Wilkinson,
environment in terms of the amount of
ACO2 footprint is a measure of the
– although smaller
Emissions from other activities –
greenhouse gases produced, measured
and it is important we take steps to Environmental Big Goal Champions
Energy Management
Robert McNeill, Cockenzie
in units of carbon dioxide. Contributions
reduce them. We canʼt achieve the big
, are still significant activities account for almost half of all
changes in behaviour
ficient practices
Alan Mortimer
can be considered at a personal level as
cuts unless we have the right culture
emissions, in addition to reducing
What can YOU do?
.
Since domestic
also take up the challenge.
and Keith Morrison will
well as contributions from businesses.
across the company – and that means
ScottishPower
our attitudes as individuals. Our Internal
to help you, as an individual, to reduce
support the volunteers throughout their
from power generation, a total of 18 mil
Our greatest source of CO
Energy Use and
your own carbon footprint.
ʼs own emissions, we want
2 emissions is
Signatur
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includes a range of important measures.
Energy Wholesale is taking a fresh
Transport Policy announced at the conference.
volunteers agreed to reduce their primary
A carbon footprint challenge was
A group of
es on demand – and that’s a Pr
carbon footprint, with a cash prize going
challenge. Energy Wholesale employees
The head office environment team will
will be kept informed on the progress of
our volunteers over the year.
PROJECT
a new Intranet-based system which will cut
down many time-consuming procedures.
managers are being helped by for capital forecasting, progress monitoring
omis-E
and issue and risk reporting for the
Information System for the Evolution
Evolution Change Programme.
process within Generation. W
to pursue this as one of the most time
Change Programme (Promis-E), managed
The Programme Management
Evolution projects in
consuming aspects of getting schemes
e are keen
followed by a three-month migration of
The system went live for all new 07/08 authorised is obtaining the signatures.”
projects within Energy Wholesale.
by
business change and IT
Tom Cassells, is responsible for all
investment
existing projects.
April 2007, which was
been successfully completed.
Generation, added: “The new system will
work in conjunction with Outlook email to
John O’Neil, Asset Investment Manager,
obtain the relevant signature and take
completion and submission of capital
Project manager Graeme Brown said:
This process has now
away the need for long trips around Energy
approval papers supported by email work
Developed in-house, it delivers online “During the migration period, a project will Wholesale – particularly beneficial for staf
AS PR
flow, as well as delivering a reporting hub
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be initiated with the
team to determine the feasibility of using
Promis-E to automate the capital approval
Asset Investment based of
Brown and John Scobie of the project team
OMISED: Angus Godden, Graeme require the signature of a manager based
at Cathcart.”
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