Booker awarded Carbon Trust Standard
A drive to reduce its impact on climate change has seen cash & carry group Booker awarded the Carbon Trust Standard.
Measured on gas, electricity and diesel, the reduction has been achieved by focusing on distribution efficiencies, colleague training and awareness campaigns, and well as trials of fuel alternatives and support for customers through green products and services. Booker has also increased backhauling, where goods are collected on the return leg of deliveries.
Charles Wilson, chief executive, said: "We're delighted to be the first wholesaler in the UK to gain the Carbon Trust Standard and we firmly believe we have a responsibility to lower carbon emissions and reduce our impact on the environment."
All Booker branches now offer recycling of used cooking oil, which is converted to biofuel for use in Booker lorries. In the first few months Booker has helped customers recycle 200,000 litres of used cooking oil.
Tom Delay, CEO of the Carbon Trust said: "We congratulate Booker in achieving the Carbon Trust Standard and challenge other organisations to follow their example and prove that they too are taking tangible steps to fight climate change."
