Supporting Partners
Climate Week is extremely pleased to have four Supporting Partners with such a strong commitment to action on climate change.
By reducing the carbon emissions of their products, services or operations, or by enabling the development of new low-carbon ways of doing things, they are playing an active and committed role in the journey to a low-carbon world. If we are to combat climate change effectively, it is essential that the major players in mainstream sectors act to reduce their own emissions, help their customers do so too, and encourage positive change more widely.
Our supporting partners are:
They describe their own actions on climate change below:
EDF Energy
EDF Energy is the UK’s largest producer of low carbon electricity and is fully committed to realising a lower carbon future. Through Our Climate Commitments, EDF Energy has launched one of the biggest environmental programmes to tackle climate change of any UK energy company. In these commitments, we have pledged to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions from our non-nuclear power plants by 60% and to lower the proportion of carbon dioxide arising from our customers’ energy consumption by 15% by 2020.
EDF Energy was the first sustainability partner of London 2012 and we are working with organisers and athletes to help reduce the carbon footprint of the Games.
Visit www.edfenergy.com/sustainability for more.
H&M
H&M aims to be at the forefront of sustainability within the fashion industry. We want to offer our customers products that have added sustainability value and empower them to make more sustainable choices.
Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time, which is why we are committed to acting in a climate smart manner and to encouraging environmental responsibility throughout our value chain, including our employees, our suppliers, our operations and our customers.
Our global target for renewable energy is that at least 20% of our energy will come from renewable sources by 2020. Globally, energy use decreased by 8% in our stores from 2007-2010 and in the H&M UK sites, kWh usage per square metre of sales floor decreased by 19% between 2008-2011. We have set a global target to reduce CO2 emissions year on year by 5% relative to sales.
H&M is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series and Dow Jones Sustainability Index Nordic.
Visit about.hm.com/sustainability for more.
Nissan
Nissan LEAF is proud to partner with Climate Week to help drive change for a sustainable, low-carbon future. Furthermore, Nissan believes it’s time for The Big Turn On to a 100% electric driving future.
Few family cars can claim to be as climate friendly as Nissan LEAF. Its low-carbon credentials are in its name. LEAF stands for ‘Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car’ and highlights Nissan’s commitment to environmentally-friendly engineering.
Nissan LEAF is the first 100% electric, 5-door family car, with no petrol tank, no exhaust pipe and no exhaust emissions. Add that it’s 95% recoverable and the result is a positive impact on the environment.
When fully charged LEAF has a range of up to 109 miles and delivers smooth acceleration from 0-60 in 11.9 seconds. With no oil, no road tax and fewer moving parts than a petrol car, it’s economical to run and service
To find out more on Nissan LEAF go to www.nissan.co.uk/leaf.
SodaStream
SodaStream makes it easy for everyone to transform ordinary tap water instantly into carbonated soft drinks and sparkling water at home.
Eliminating the need for single-use bottles and cans, one single SodaStream bottle can save up to 2000 bottles and cans. With SodaStream, there is no need to drive bottles home from the supermarket, to store bottles at home or to regularly dispose of empty bottles. With over 50 great-tasting flavours available, SodaStream is fast eliminating the need for single-use carbonated drink bottles. Our products are now available at more than 50,000 retail stores in 42 countries around the world. We’re getting closer to a world without bottles, one bottle at a time.
Visit www.sodastream.co.uk for more.
