News UK has today been awarded The Carbon Trust Triple Standard certification for reducing its carbon footprint by 20 per cent over the past two years.

The Carbon Trust also confirmed that News UK is the first and only media company in the world to achieve all three standards, underlining the company's commitment to wider environmental efficiency, beyond carbon reduction.  

Topping off the accolade is the fact that News UK has lowered its absolute carbon emissions year-on-year for six years - making a total carbon footprint reduction of 50 per cent since 2008.

Chris Taylor, Chief Operating Officer at News UK said:

This award is testament to the commitment and hard work by staff across our three print sites and the Operations team at News UK. We are extremely proud that our commitment to environmental efficiency, a key part of our culture as a company, has been acknowledged at this level and we will continue to build on these standards.

Carbon footprint, water usage and waste management are the three constituents that make-up the Triple Standard - the world’s leading independent certification. In achieving this standard, News UK join the likes of Bentley, Nationwide and Marks & Spencer.

In addition to reducing carbon footprint by 20 per cent since 2012:

• The Broxbourne print site, based in Hertfordshire, reduced waste to landfill for non-production (non-paper) waste by 75 per cent.
• The Eurocentral print site in Glasgow reduced its water consumption by 44 per cent

Carbon Trust COO, Michael Rea said:

News UK is amongst a handful of leading companies that have managed recertify to the Carbon Trust Standard for continuous carbon reduction more than three times. Now the business has even more to be proud of in terms of its environmental performance, by achieving triple certification to the Carbon Trust Standard for real reductions in carbon, water and waste year-on-year.

Environmental initiatives at News UK:

News UK recently made the move from Wapping to ‘The News Building’ - its new HQ which  has been built to a BREEAM environmental rating of “excellent”. This compliments the high environmental standards adopted by the print sites and the building has also helped News UK to:

• Improve waste management facilities - The News Building is currently recycling 80 per cent of office waste - an improvement of 10 per cent from its previous premises
• Reduce carbon impact - no parking spaces for private vehicles on site
• Create The Green Champion Network, made up of staff from across the company to facilitate greener ways of working. All champions have been City & Guilds certified in Sustainability.