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The 2008 appraisal by Carbon Footprint Ltd, an independent environmental appraisal
company based in UK, is an important step in the programme to measure and minimise
the Group's environmental impact.
Carbon Footprint estimates Hoover Candy Group's 2007 emissions at 20,181 tons of
CO2. The figure includes staff's flights and mileage by company cars.
A modern, 500 MW electricity generating plant releases over 2.4 million tons CO2
per year, so emissions by Hoover Candy Group are equivalent to just 72 hour operation
by such a plant.
Following the appraisal, Hoover Candy Group can use the Carbon Footprint logo with
a star.The second star will be granted if a reduction of at least 5% in the measured
emissions is reached at the end of 2008. The Group is already well ahead of schedule
to achieve this through action plans implemented in its factories.
Since 2000, Hoover Candy Group has cut CO2 emissions per unit manufactured by
29% to 10.6 kg. Over the same time, it has also cut energy consumption
per unit manufactured by 21% to 38.4 kWh. This is the same energy
that a 100W bulb consumes in 4 h/day during 3 months. The use of water has been
reduced 43% per unit manufactured since 2000, and the amount of
industrial waste fully recycled has been raised to 84.7%.
Hoover Candy Group is a Sustainable Energy Partner in association
with the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign.
Visit www.sustenergy.org for more
information on the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign.
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