Alliance Leisure Achieves Silver iiE Accreditation
Alliance Leisure has achieved Silver Accreditation with the national environmental accreditation scheme, iiE (Investors in the Environment).
John Leaver, Marketing & Frameworks Director and iiE lead, talks of the company’s continuing progress towards net zero.
We’re very proud to have retained our Silver Accreditation and this year we have made more progress on our commitment to be net zero by 2035. However, for us it’s not just about emissions, but also being a responsible business and how we impact the wider environment through our direct actions and those of our partners and supply chain. Our new strategy focuses on Legacy, Culture, and Influence and through this new way of working we’re improving our environmental performance.
Through the iiE journey Alliance Leisure have clearly identified our sustainability goals and aligned these to pledges as part of the Social Value Accreditation Mark. Understanding that our carbon emissions across travel, office and home-working environments and data storage allows us to share current levels with our team, and aids in the agreement of realistic targets whilst aiming towards net zero by 2035.
The next 12 months will see us strive to become a Carbon Literate Organisation, with intentions set on sharing best practice with partners and their supply chain. Sarah Watts, CEO, comments,
Net zero is not just aspirational for us, but a core part of who we are; a responsible business. Whether it’s looking after our workforce or looking after the planet, we are responsible in all the actions we take and aim to do so as positively as possible.
Merthyr Tydfil, one of the many low-carbon sites delivered by Alliance Leisure in the last twelve months alone.
iiE is an accessible and proven route to help organisations get started on their sustainability journey and make a real impact. It has been running for over 12 years, and in that time has helped hundreds of organisations from all sectors and sizes to improve their environmental performance. The scheme is owned and managed by a sustainability charity.
To find out more about our iiE journey and the accreditation scheme, head to: www.iie.uk.com. For more information on Alliance Leisure and our sustainability projects visit our Sustainability Hub here https://allianceleisure.co.uk/sustainability-hub/.