Businesses and organisations in Westmeath are being encouraged by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, to join more than 300 businesses throughout Ireland in using the recently developed Change.ie carbon management tool to assist them in managing their carbon, cutting their costs, and improving their competitiveness.
Available at www.Change.ie, the carbon management tool is a free online application, developed by the Change campaign as part of the Government’s commitment to tackling climate change and lowering carbon emissions. The Change.ie Carbon Management Tool will benefit all organisations – from corner shops, offices and SMEs to large manufacturing plants – who can all make considerable cost savings from a few hundred to thousands of euro, by using the tool.
Several businesses and organisations in Co Westmeath are using the Change.ie carbon management tool since its launch at the end of April.
The Change.ie carbon management tool provides the facility to calculate emissions from energy, transport, water, and waste using data relevant for Ireland, including data from Sustainable Energy Ireland and the Commission for Energy Regulation.
It also provides guidance on actions that organisations can take to better carbon manage their operations in line with advice from Sustainable Energy Ireland and the Environmental Protection Agency. All information gathered on the Change.ie tool is confidential and users can access their data at any time with their own personal login details.
