Koito demonstrates how an organisation can go further than compliance and create cost savings that allow for reinvestment. By taking a comprehensive approach to process assessment and ongoing management, we've created a framework that delivers consistent financial benefits while driving genuine carbon reduction. It's partnership in action."
John Netherwood
Chief Operations Officer
Zenergi
Koito drive to make all aspects of our operation efficient and sustainable. This Climate Change Agreement, along with our overall group policy direction, has been instrumental in focusing our attention on energy efficiency and carbon reduction across our manufacturing processes."
David Bevan
Finance Director
Koito Europe Ltd
Climate Change Agreements are voluntary agreements made between organisations and the government to reduce energy use and CO₂ emissions. Organisations that meet their targets receive a discount on the Climate Change Levy (CCL).
Koito recognised that their 8-acre site, with its energy-intensive industrial processes, presented both challenge and opportunity. They understood that a Climate Change Agreement would provide the legal framework and structured programme needed to achieve meaningful energy savings.
Our Climate Change Engineering team worked closely with Koito from day one. We surveyed their industrial processes, identified all eligible operations, and established their initial Climate Change Agreement. But that was just the beginning of our partnership.
As energy legislation evolved, we continually updated Koito’s Agreement to ensure they received maximum benefits from their CCA participation. Our comprehensive management service includes energy performance monitoring, carbon performance projection against targets, and verification of financial savings.
We work collaboratively with Koito’s on-site staff to maintain an energy efficiency project register alongside all the evidence, information and legal requirements for their Climate Change Agreement. We take a partnership approach to ensure that nothing falls through the cracks and that we capture every opportunity for improvement.
The results speak for themselves. Koito continues to progress, using the financial savings from reduced Climate Change Levy charges to install state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities that incorporate low-carbon technologies. This creates a virtuous cycle: savings drive investment, which delivers further efficiency gains.
The financial benefits, exceeding £100,000 annually, are an excellent incentive for the team to continue to make low-carbon investments across the site. More importantly, they showcase how corporate social responsibility and business success work together.
annual savings through Climate Change Agreement participation
Seeing manufacturers like Koito thrive through Climate Change Agreements proves that business can turn environmental compliance into a competitive advantage. When you get the framework right and maintain it properly, the benefits compound year after year. That's the power of taking a long-term partnership approach."
Andy Pinder
Climate Change Engineering
Zenergi
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