Tuesday 4 May 2010 - Greenstone Carbon Management, the global specialist carbon solutions company, has announced today that it is working with Camco, an international leader in providing strategic, technical and financial solutions for carbon related issues, to provide energy efficiency and carbon reduction programmes for franchises operating in hospitality, retail and leisure sectors. Greenstone and Camco have combined their market leading software and advisory services to develop the new web-based service which will allow each individual site to accurately measure, manage and learn how to reduce its own energy consumption in a cost effective and accurate way. Users of the service will benefit from cross-sector learning and savings from bulk procurement of low carbon measures and services.
According to the 2008-2009 franchise survey carried out by British Franchise Association* and NatWest there are some 34,600 individual franchise units currently operating in the UK.
The launch of the new service coincides with the recently announced financial support from Government Feed-in Tariff funding scheme** which is offering ‘Cash Rewards for Low Carbon Electricity and Heating’. Details can be found by visiting
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn10_010/pn10_010.aspxMatthew de Villiers, Chief Executive at Greenstone Carbon Management, comments “Many franchises want to reduce their carbon footprint and their energy consumption but are finding it difficult to put practical and technical solutions in place that are cost effective for their business. Added to that challenge the franchise model makes it difficult to get everyone on board internally if ROI is not demonstrated quickly and so our new online service addresses both those points in a simple way.”
Doug Smith, Managing Director, Camco Advisory (UK), adds “We are delighted to be partnering with Greenstone to offer the franchise market a cost effective and easy to use software platform supported by our two decades of consulting experience working with businesses to drive down their carbon-related operational costs and footprint. With new regulatory regimes such as Feed-in Tariffs and the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme driving businesses with large central energy procurement towards greater carbon efficiency, this new service represents an important opportunity for franchise business to benefit from the same economies of scale and industry best practice.”
Key benefits of the Greenstone and Camco web based service includes:
Costs savings through reduction of carbon and energy consumption
Increased profits on the bottom line
Supporting franchise owners understand carbon emissions and reductions across the brand/franchisee communities
Provision of benchmarking information within brands/franchisee communities
Positive brand value
Reduction in CRC liability
Financial support from Government Feed-in Tariff funding scheme
In addition to the web based service carbon and energy experts from Greenstone and Camco will offer practical support to get franchises up and running quickly. The new tool will enable franchise sites to successfully execute energy practices that reduce costs and deliver real bottom line savings at an individual and company-wide level.
Notes to Editor
*British Franchise Association
http://www.thebfa.org/index.asp** Financial support from Government Feed-in Tariff funding scheme
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn10_010/pn10_010.aspxAbout Greenstone Carbon Management Limited
Greenstone Carbon Management Limited is a specialist carbon solutions company that works in partnership with major commercial and public sector organisations to help measure, manage and mitigate their carbon emissions. For further information please visit
http://www.greenstonecarbon.com/About Camco
Camco is an international leader in identifying and implementing solutions that help businesses address their climate change risk and opportunities. With a 20 year track record. Camco provides world class strategic and technical and financial solutions for your carbon related issues. For further information visit
http://www.camcoglobal.com/PR contact for Greenstone Carbon Management
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