Environmental management

Environmental Management

Managing our impact on both the environment and the communities in which we operate is of paramount importance to us. We have a responsibility to monitor and reduce all our environmental impacts where practicable.

Much of the Ladbrokes Carbon Footprint comes from the electricity we use in our shops and offices (92 per cent in 2007). We have ongoing programmes in place to address this issue, including minimising our consumption of energy and use of resources.

In 2007 Automatic Meter Readers (AMRs) were trialled in our 80 most energy consumptive shops. The AMRs send half hourly information to head office once a month and enable us to further analyse energy consumption against operating times, anticipated consumption and outside temperature. We are pleased to say that so far we have had few surprises and that our energy consumption appears to be efficient and well managed.

All of our waste material from shops and offices is now treated prior to disposal. Either pre-collection (in some shops separate bags are provided for different waste) or after collection where our waste contractor sorts the waste. This sorting allows us to increase the amount of waste products that are recycled and to reduce our impact on the environment.

100 per cent of our contract printed products are now printed on either recycled paper, or paper from forests which are sustainably managed.