Since opening our doors in 2008, our mission has been to offer secure data destruction services to UK businesses and individuals with minimal impact on the environment. We’ve always cared about how the actions we take affect the world around us. In 2019, we became a CarbonNeutral® certified company.
We’ve taken many measures to reduce our environmental impacts, including investments in an eco-friendly fleet and solar panels for our head office and Norwich depot. We have also operated a tree-planting initiative in the UK, and maintain a strict Zero to Landfill policy. But we knew we wanted to do more.
After years of reducing our environmental impacts, we gained CarbonNeutral® company certification in January 2019. This was possible again in 2020 by offsetting our already low emissions to net zero through a choice of projects.
The West India Wind Project
For 2020, Shred Station supported renewable energy infrastructure by purchasing carbon offsets from wind power stations in India. These renewable power projects displace energy produced by fossil fuels in one of the world’s biggest polluting countries.
Located across three districts – Jaisalmer, Rajkot, and Surendranagar – this project consists of 242 turbines with a combined capacity of over 190MW. The West India Wind Power project displaces electricity that would otherwise be drawn from fossil fuel-powered stations. The projects also improve local air quality and avoid the solid waste generated by coal-fired power plants.
Carbon finance investments, like our own, are essential for these projects to continue. The use of renewables in these regions promotes low-carbon development. It also creates hundreds of jobs. Without investments in renewable energy, these projects would not be able to run. This would mean global carbon emissions today would be significantly higher.
You can view our CarbonNeutral® certificates on our accreditations page. This page also features our full greenhouse gas assessment.
If you’d like to know more about our CarbonNeutral® commitments or want to enquire about our eco-friendly shredding services, get in touch today. We are more than happy to help.
