Personal Blog of Ellen MacArthur

Just before Christmas I attended a very interesting event, an awards ceremony for the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme run by the Carbon Trust and the NEF (National Energy Foundation). The objective of the event sponsored by energy services company E.ON is to provide companies with their certificates who have reached the necessary levels of energy efficiency.

I was genuinely surprised by not only the level of commitment clearly shown by the businesses and individuals, but also by the sheer variety of companies getting involved. I thought that the businesses we would see would be more in the retail sector, but there was everything from aircraft production to car factories to brick makers! It really was a wide range of people, but the results were impressive, and what was even more promising was that because of the number of businesses who are accredited and reaching the necessary requirements, NEF now have to hold two events. Many of the companies involved were not insignificant on a national scale, but mainstream names both from the high street and industry.

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Happy New Year to all!

These are my New Year’s resolutions which I will be trying to stick to this year:

- Try not to travel where at all possible - if you can do a live link from the Southern Ocean, we should be able to chat from office to office!

- Talk to people more about little ideas that I think of to save energy to encourage a different mindset….

What are yours?

Ellen