A Community Media Company
Our aim is to serve local communities by meeting their needs for local news, information and advertising services through a range of media including print and digital channels which together achieve unparalleled levels of market reach.
Energy Policy
Energy and Climate Change
Climate reduction requirements implemented in the UK this year will force companies to forecast how much carbon dioxide they will produce. Those achieving Carbon Trust Standard Certification and who adopt automatic meter reading attain higher placings in the expected league tables, and Johnston Press is now positioned to perform well.
A rolling programme of internal audits of environmental impacts and risks is conducted throughout the year. Additionally audits by external independent consultants have continued in order to verify the findings of these internal reviews.
The Group has benefitted from its investment in more energy efficient equipment as well as the time and effort put into the monitoring and control of energy consumption. It has enabled the Group to continue to benefit from rebates against the Climate Change Levy Tax as well as targeting sites where base load consumption levels are not showing required reductions and subjecting them to detailed audits.
Budgets for 2011 encompass further year-on-year improvements and new longer term targets will be set by the Carbon Footprint Taskforce in conjunction with our external advisers.
We have also continued to make progress on reducing the Group’s car and van fleet and CO2 ratings. Although the size of the fleet grew, the replacement vehicles generally had lower CO2 ratings, giving an average reduction of 3.7%.