All Aboard Charity Shops is a professional and environmentally aware organisation that acknowledges the impact its operations may potentially have on the environment and so we are continually monitoring our energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions. We aim to work towards environmental best practice and minimise any impact on the environment wherever possible.
sustainability principlesWith the desire to operate more sustainability, we have taken the following approach to our practices:
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REDUCING CONSUMPTION
On a micro level, we have already stopped the procurement of single use plastics, continue our migration from paper-based to digital-first reporting and communications and reducing travel / facilitating car-sharing where possible. On a macro level, we also continue to reduce our carbon footprint by moving towards more efficient energy use across our shop portfolio and haulage.
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ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING
Due to the significant increase in wholesale price of energy in early 2022 we made the decision to convert all traditional lighting sources across the charity to LED bulbs. Despite the sizeable initial investment to replace the legacy fluorescent bulbs, we have realised a substantial cost saving on our annual energy bills, a reduction in heat emissions as well as being able to present a more uniform light displacement across each shop.
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES
We have already taken the first steps in moving our fleet of 6 vehicles (3 x diesel vans & 3 x petrol self-charging hybrid vehicles) to all electric power, the first of which entered service at the end of May 2023. As each vehicle’s lease term ends it will be replaced with an equivalent electric vehicle and we expect to operate a fully electric fleet by the end of 2025.
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
Working with our new recycling partner ‘Choice’, we are now able to better estimate our carbon saving across the shops, head office and warehouse operations. From the 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023, All Aboard Charity Shops estimate a total reduction in landfill waste of 3,874,733.47 kg.CO2e/Tonne - Carbon WARM, normalised vs landfill (kg.CO2e/tonne).
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BREAKDOWN
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