Carbon footprint down again
17th March 2015

Swish Building Products has concluded another successful Ecobuild with the announcement that it has succeeded in reducing its carbon footprint for the sixth consecutive year - down 6.5% per tonne on 2013, meaning it now produces 32% less CO2 than it did in its baseline year of 2008.

Once again the company’s electricity consumption proved to be the biggest saving, down 5.8% on 2013, giving an overall improvement of 30.5% on the baseline year, equivalent to powering 1,050 UK homes.

While electricity remains the company’s largest resource consumption; increases in manufacturing meant it used more gas than ever before. Yet, even with this surge in usage, the company was over 50% more efficient than in the previous year so overall, the company’s gas usage now produces 40% less carbon emissions than in 2008.

Fuel efficiency continues to be an area of improvement; it is now nearly 20% more efficient than in 2008. This year there are plans to invest in a fleet of Euro 6 compliant trucks, further improving fuel efficiencies.

The company’s most dramatic saving is in water; where it is 62% more efficient than in 2008, down from 0.7 cubic metres of water per production tonne (normalised) to just 0.27; or put another way, a saving of 5,500,000 litres of water in just six years.

Swish Building Products marketing manager, Greg Wilde said: “With 67% of UK consumers now more likely to buy a product with a low carbon footprint (Carbon Trust), and environmental performance high on the agenda for tender criteria, our continued improvement is incredibly valuable.  It’s an asset that benefits the entire supply chain.”

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