The Outward Bound Trust has become one of the first organisations in the UK to be awarded the Carbon Emissions Management and Reductions (CEMARS) certification. The certificate was presented to The Trust by Achilles during the Outward Bound Charity Challenge Awards Ceremony held last week at St. James Palace.
The Outward Bound Trust successfully completed the process via the Achilles carbonReduction programme which measures and monitors carbon emissions for companies and organisations.
“The Outward Bound Trust works with thousands of young people every year and our ‘classrooms’ are the most dramatic and beautiful wild places in this country” commented Nick Barrett, CEO of The Outward Bound Trust. As such we are determined to act in a way that reduces our impact on such fragile environments. We are delighted and proud to have become early adopters of the Achilles run Carbon Emissions Management and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS). It is an important way of living our values as an organisation”.
The carbonReduction programme, delivered by Achilles, allows organisations to measure, manage, report and verify their organisational carbon emissions and provides a basis for identifying opportunities to manage and reduce emissions. The measurement tool of the programme is consistent with the requirements of the international standards: Greenhouse Gas Protocol for corporate accounting and reporting, and ISO 14064-1.
“Achilles has been a proud sponsor of The Trust for many years and we are delighted that we have been able to support the organisation by measuring their carbon footprint via our carbonReduction programme” said Colin Maund, CEO of Achilles.
Achilles carbonReduction programme
carbonReduction is a collaborative programme for supply chain communities to measure, manage and report their organisational carbon footprint. For further information please contact carbonReduction@achilles.com or visit our website.
For further information, please contact:
Charlotte Vereker
Group Marketing
Tel: +44(0)1235 820813
Email: marketing@achilles.com
The Achilles Group, headquartered in the UK, identifies, qualifies, monitors and evaluates suppliers on behalf of major organisations worldwide. The company builds and supports buyer-supplier communities in many industry sectors, creating unique and powerful global networks. The Achilles Group’s services for sustainable procurement help create opportunities for business and reduce risk in the supply chain.
The Outward Bound Trust. The Outward Bound Trust is an educational charity, established more than 65 years ago to boost personal learning and development through a programme of challenging activities in the outdoors. The Outward Bound Trust is the original and leading facilitator of experiential learning in the outdoors. For further information, visit www.outwardbound.org.uk
Outward Bound Professional (OBP) are a trading subsidiary of The Trust, specialising in corporate training and development. In addition to running corporate events, OBP also host the annual Charity Challenge. This is a unique event held in the Lake District where organisations are invited to take part in a number of challenging (but fun) activities over the course of a weekend.