XLN Telecom, the UK’s leading telecoms company serving the small business community, is pleased to announce it has achieved CarbonNeutral® company status.
[UKPRwire, Tue Dec 22 2009] XLN Telecom, the UK’s leading telecoms company serving the small business community, is pleased to announce it has achieved CarbonNeutral® company status.
XLN is now neutralising the unavoidable greenhouse gases emitted from heating, lighting, commuting, waste and the paper it uses through offsetting its emissions in verified carbon offset projects. The first offset project XLN has selected is a wind farm in Govindapurum, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, which enables the installation of wind turbine generators to aid sustainable development and help avoid CO2 emissions from fossil fuel power stations.
To achieve net zero status XLN has been working with The CarbonNeutral Company, one of the world’s leading carbon offset and carbon management businesses with over ten years experience providing carbon reduction solutions to businesses of all sizes.
As part of its ongoing environmental initiative, XLN Telecom has formed an in-house Green Team that will push forward employee led action plans and progress the company’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the company is encouraging its customers to join its green initiatives by opting for e-bills over paper bills. To put this into context, generating paper bills for 125,000 customers would produce almost four tonnes of greenhouse gases every year compared to e-bills which are almost zero (source: The CarbonNeutral Company).
Christian Nellemann, Group CEO of XLN Telecom, commented:
“We all need to take responsibility for reducing carbon emissions, both at a company and an individual level. We’re delighted to be amongst the first to achieve CarbonNeutral® company certification in our sector. The response from our customers has likewise been fantastic – those opting for e-billing has risen tenfold in the last three months.”
Rebecca Fay, Marketing Director of The CarbonNeutral Company, said,
“We would like to congratulate XLN Telecom in achieving CarbonNeutral® company certification. Not only will this accreditation encourage staff members to try and reduce more CO2 emissions but it will help XLN differentiate itself from its competitors and increase its customer base.”
For more information and its environmental initiatives, please visit www.xlntelecom.co.uk.
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About XLN
XLN is committed to providing the lowest cost telecom services and highest customer service levels to the UK’s small business community. Founded in 2002, XLN is now the UK’s largest independent provider of telecom services to small businesses in Britain having over 110,000 business customers across the country. In 2007, XLN was ranked as the highest placed telco company in the The Sunday Times Tech Track and was listed for a second consecutive year in 2008. In 2009, the company was a finalist in the Customer Focus Award category of the National Business Awards. XLN’s founders are Christian Nellemann and Anthony Karibian. In 2006 Christian Nellemann was a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Technology and Communication.
About The CarbonNeutral Company
The CarbonNeutral Company (www.carbonneutral.com) is a world leading carbon offset and carbon management business, working with over 300 major businesses and thousands of small and medium sized companies. Over the last ten years, it has purchased carbon credits from over 200 projects across six continents.
CarbonNeutral® is the registered trademark of The CarbonNeutral Company and is the leading brand mark and quality standard for action on climate change. Permission to display the CarbonNeutral mark is only given to clients when CO2 emissions have been measured and reduced to net zero through a programme implemented in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol. This Protocol assures quality of offset projects, carbon footprint assessments and communication and is regularly reviewed by an Independent Advisory Group. The ‘audit trail’ includes an annual independent verification of CarbonNeutral programs – from contracts with carbon offset partners through to contracts with clients and everything in between.
The CarbonNeutral Company has offices in New York, London and Singapore, with a network of affiliates in Japan, Canada, France and UAE.
The CarbonNeutral Company is a founding member of The International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), which provides leadership and a unified voice advocating for rigorous industry standards www.icroa.org.
Contact details
Christian Nellemann (XLN Telecom) 020 7793 5533
Toby Hall (gth media) 020 7153 8039
Brooke Paul (gth media) 020 7153 8035
