by jbs081110 b3 — August 13, 2010—The Carbon Trust Standard Company has certified TelecityGroup, provider of premium network-independent data centers, as its 300th achiever. The announcement comes just two years after the Carbon Trust Standard was established in 2008.
The total carbon footprint of businesses and public sector bodies certified by the Carbon Trust Standard is now nearly 32 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (including other greenhouse gases). The 300 standard achievers have so far together cut their emissions by 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, representing an average reduction of just under 7 percent per organization over two years. These reductions have saved them the equivalent of £72 million in energy and fuel costs, notes the organization.
Carbon Trust Standard certifies organizations that have met rigorous criteria for measuring their carbon footprint, demonstrated they have an energy and carbon management system fully integrated into the business, and reduced their carbon emissions over time. Certified organizations must also show that they have the infrastructure and investment in place to ensure they continue to improve their carbon performance.
As the 300th company and first specialist data center services provider to achieve the certification, TelecityGroup is helping to prove that data center organizations can play a role in managing the carbon impact of greater ICT usage, says Carbon Trust Standard. The company achieved the Carbon Trust Standard by demonstrating an improvement in carbon efficiency of over 10 percent from January 2007 through December 2009 across the company’s U.K. operations and subsidiaries, as well as committing to delivering year-on-year improvements.
