Great Places Housing Group granted Platinum Carbon Literate status

Commenting on the award, Tony Muir, director of Sustainable Assets at Great Places, said:

“We’re delighted to achieve the coveted platinum status and this is a real testament to the hard work of our Environmental Team, who have developed our training into a two stage interactive training programme which is mandatory for all Great Places employees. Great Places see Carbon Literacy as essential. Climate change is directly affecting our business, our residents, and impacts the poorest in society the hardest as they have the least resilience to the effects of extreme weather. It is about being efficient. Energy, water, waste and travel are the four key targets for us – we direct colleagues to these, then discuss how they can reduce their footprint in each area and how that can help themselves, the business and our customers.”

Carbon Literacy Project co-founder, Phil Korbel, added:

“This is real achievement. Great Places was the first housing organisation in the world to deliver Carbon Literacy. Not only have they continued to set the pace for their sector, but they’ve also continued to play an influential role in other areas such as the NHS and local government. Their training has been of consistently high quality with the extra edge of coming from the heart and the achievement of the platinum award is very well deserved.”