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| Fareham Business Helps Reduce Carbon Emissions Cobweb Solutions, which provides outsourced IT services to fast-growing businesses, has joined together with 58 customers to produce a total energy saving equivalent to a tonne of carbon, in just one night on 14th August. The CO2 saving is equivalent to the emissions generated by ten passengers on a return flight from London to Paris. Cobweb persuaded over 58 customers to turn off approximately 700 PCs as part of their PC Switch Off Evening. If these companies switch of their PCs every evening from now on, that would produce an annual saving of around 438 tonnes of carbon – equivalent to over 21 full flights making the round trip from London to Paris. The PC Switch Off Evening marks the launch of a new national green business community by Cobweb, who recently achieved the ISO 14001 accreditation which recognises that a company is managing its operational impacts on the environment. Now, the green community aims to encourage small and medium-sized businesses across the country to join together to reduce their carbon footprint, with many more initiatives planned for the future. The inspiration provided by Cobweb comes in the form of many environmental initiatives, and it starts from the inside. For example, to celebrate its ISO 14001 accreditation, Cobweb's staff were involved in a "Green Day" which took place on the 15th of August. On this day, there were green activities, such as no printing being allowed for the entire day, and contributions like "grow your own greens" to raise internal awareness for their staff to continue lowering their carbon footprint. Participating Cobweb customers include J J Browne & Son (Jewellers) Ltd, Whisky Castle Ltd, European Nickel Plc, Rentokil Pest Control, Yellowtail Financial Planning Limited, Max Resourcing Ltd, Thompsons Quantity Surveyors, Tanglewood Clinic and the Down's Syndrome Association. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Computing News :: home page |