"Our planet is headed for disaster. If we act now we can put it right." Sir David Attenborough ~ A Life On Our Planet

It is clear that the time to act is now, without action the planet will continue to heat for many decades unless there are important reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions. In the UK, businesses account for over 85% of the total emissions making them the first area to tackle in this drive forward towards a better future.

Lucent lighting put forward our aim to reduce plastics in our packaging, analyse our waste and recycling opportunities to assess materials within our products over the past year, along with achieving ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management Certification. We have made huge improvements in the first two aims and the last is an ongoing process although we have been able to manufacture some fixtures free from plastic (except in the COB). We plan to actively continue to reduce our emissions as much as possible throughout the business over the coming years.

Lucent have teamed up with Carbon Neutral Britain™ who is the UK's leading carbon offsetting initiative. Founded in 2020, their projects have already offset over 500,000 Tonnes of CO2 and planted over 3 million trees providing essential habitats for wildlife.

As Lucent is very much a global business but headquartered in London we wanted to ensure that the projects we working with encompassed both. We have chosen to support the following two portfolios:

• The Carbon Neutral Britain Climate Fund™ which supports Wind, Solar, Hydro and Cook Store projects focused on developing countries around the world. Most recently Carbon Neutral Britain™ have supported wind and solar projects in Chile, India and the Philippines, hydro power in Fiji and Brazil and Cook stove projects in Kenya.

• The Carbon Neutral Britain Woodland Fund™ supporting reforestations, deforestation prevention and woodland management projects focusing on the positive impact of local wildlife, ecology and biodiversity. Recent projects include woodland planting in the UK, reforestation after the wildfires in Australia and preventing deforestation in the Amazon. 10% of the budget is spent on sustainable projects in Britain, for Britain.

Michael Dunk, Managing Director of Lucent Lighting said: "We are delighted that we have been able to be awarded Carbon Neutral status as a business and see this as a continuation of our commitment over the past few years to be as sustainable as possible across our business process"

For more information on any of our environmental aspects please contact Lucie Sidwell, Operations Director - lucie@lucent-lighting.com

www.carbonneutralbritain.org