{"id":2431,"date":"2014-02-10T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T16:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enviroaccess.ca\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2022-11-30T19:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T19:02:29","slug":"bishops-university-first-university-to-be-awarded-carbon-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enviroaccess.ca\/en\/bishops-university-first-university-to-be-awarded-carbon-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop\u2019s University: First University to be awarded Carbon Care!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]Bishop\u2019s University Awarded Carbon Care\u00ae Certification by Enviro-access<\/strong>
\nDuring a press conference held at the Cleghorn room in the McGreer Building, located on Bishop\u2019s University\u2019s campus, Manon Laporte, President and CEO of Enviro-access, officially awarded the Carbon Care\u00ae certification to Mr. Michael Goldbloom, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishop\u2019s University, which thereby became the first higher education institution to meet all of this recognition\u2019s requirements.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_single_image image=”1250″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]As part of its Sustainable Development Action Plan, Bishop\u2019s University undertook a responsible management approach with regard to its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a result, Bishop\u2019s University has carried out an inventory of its GHG emissions and implemented several measures to reduce them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBishop\u2019s University has been working for several years to reduce its GHG emissions, said Mr. Goldbloom. Our first GHG emissions inventory now enables us to have a clear picture and track our performance throughout the upcoming years. Over ten concrete measures have already been implemented. This certification is a very welcome recognition of our proactive stance and the initiatives we\u2019ve taken, and encourages us to further evolve in this matter. We are very proud to have been able to meet all requirements. Indeed, this underscores our rigorous process and Bishop\u2019s University\u2019s will to help fight climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enviro-access\u2019 Carbon Care\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0certification is designed to recognize the efforts made by organizations that invest in the responsible management of their GHG emissions. It attests that a given organization has carried out an inventory of its GHG emissions, in compliance with the ISO\u00a014064-1 standard and provided tangible proof of the initiatives it implemented to reduce them.<\/p>\n

As an example, here are a few initiatives undertaken by Bishop\u2019s University:<\/p>\n