BitC Companies that Count: "Big Tick" award

Rolls-Royce is one of 15 companies recently awarded a 'Big Tick' in this year's 'Shields Environmental Award for Excellence'. As one of the Business in the Community (BitC) Awards for Excellence in 2005, the accolade acknowledges the achievements of companies achieving positive environmental impact through their operations and activities.

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.