"We are delighted that out of the 2,103 participants listed in the Environment Agency's CRC Performance League Table, Veolia Environnement is the only organisation which has reported zero CRC emissions. This is a significant result for the Group and reflects the importance of our energy generation from renewable sources.”
"Veolia Environnement was actually a carbon creditor with a negative carbon obligation of over 100,000 tonnes for this first reporting year. Veolia Environmental Services has already achieved the Carbon Trust Standard and has been installing Automatic Meter Readers across its organisation. Furthermore Veolia Water has AMR meters installed on approximately 92% of the total electricity consumed across its business. Unfortunately all of these actions cannot be properly reflected in the Performance League Table when calculating the Early Action Metric (EAM) score as the table does not accommodate negative obligations."
Mr Mallet added that "Sustainable development is at the core of Veolia Environnement which includes managing its business activities in order to reduce its carbon footprint. We will continue to monitor our obligations to ensure they decrease from the existing starting points as this is the essence of the Carbon Reduction Commitment even if negative obligations cannot be recognized under the scheme.“
"Getting the company to this level of accurate reporting has been a massive challenge that has taken almost two years as we have calculated all the company's energy consumption and fuel usage across our hundreds of locations. It is clearly appropriate that as one of the leading environmental organisation we pitch our environmental credentials at the highest possible level."