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Rolls-Royce Group plc has won a Business Commitment
to the Environment Award for its achievement of long-term
environmental improvement targets.
This major commendation was presented to Colin Beesley,
Head of Environmental Strategy for Rolls-Royce, by Prof.
Howard Dalton, Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department
for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Rolls-Royce is committed to reducing the environmental
impact of both its products and its manufacturing operations.
The company endorses the goals of the Advisory Council
for Aeronautical Research in Europe (ACARE) which aim
to meet the following targets by 2020:
- To reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by
50 per cent
- To reduce external noise by 50 per cent
- To reduce the emission of nitrous oxides by 80 per
cent
- To make substantial progress in reducing the environmental
impact of the manufacture, maintenance and disposal
of aircraft and related products.
Between 1998 and 2003, Rolls-Royce cut its annual energy
consumption by 25 per cent, reduced its greenhouse gas
emissions by 32 per cent, reduced the use of solvents
by 10 per cent per annum, reduced water consumption
by 33 per cent and increased the amount of waste sent
for recycling by 50 per cent. The company has now set
itself new challenging targets to make further improvements
in these areas by 2006.
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