Benefits of Socially Responsible Energy Management - case study
Costa is the UK’s largest and fastest growing coffee shop brand with over 1300 coffee shops across the UK and more than 600 internationally. Costa is passionate about being a responsible business. 100% of the coffee they use comes from sustainably grown beans sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms. As a part of their commitment to reducing environmental impact, Costa set a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 25% by 2017 . The adoption the ISO 50001:2011 - Energy Management standard allowed Costa to reduce their carbon emissions by 32 % and increase and expand their operations without building a new site ( an estimated of 150,000 GBP in savings) Costa's story about how NQA certification to ISO 50001 let them to win new business, reduce energy consumption, maintain quality and save money. The Energy Management Good Practices set by Costa: 1. Go beyond obvious and look at all Processes and Procedures to identify opportunities for achieving eff...