Portal de Murcia
www.portaldemurcia.com
The 96,000 tons of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere, this company will be offset by the planting of 2,000 pine
The fight against climate change undertaken by the city of Murcia in the Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change Murcia (Alem), takes a further boost with the launch of the initiative for the voluntary compensation of greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse gas CO2labora Murcia. "
The initiative seeks to offset emissions of greenhouse gases generated by the activity of institutions located in Murcia by planting trees as a way to involve businesses and the rest of society in the joint project to combat climate change .
All this to be a reference Murcia town in sustainability and environmental protection.
Thus, Adela Martinez-Cache has delivered to the Disfrimur the title of the "Murcia CO2labora" for his work on behalf of the environment.
With this, the company offset 96,000 tons of CO2 emitted by your business through planting ALEM by 2,000 units of Aleppo pine (native trees) in the municipality.
Martínez-Cache thanked Disfrimur being the first company to address this proposal the City of Murcia and ALEM.
It has also highlighted the importance of joining initiatives like this because "in the fight against climate change is essential to the participation of social and economic actors at all levels."
Disfrimur environmental commitment
Disfrimur Group is a group of private companies Murcia origin, family-owned and independent that has as main activity the inland transport of goods, for which has a large fleet of its own.
Disfrimur currently has over 700 employees and over 450 vehicles spread across the country, mainly in the area of ​​Levante.
This is a company committed to quality and the environment that has implemented innovative improvements such as full traceability of the vehicles, the introduction of biodiesel as fuel, or the installation of solar photovoltaic installations.
The Group actively adheres Disfrimur another innovative initiatives launched City Hall to offer companies the opportunity to voluntarily offset greenhouse gas emissions generated by its own economic activity.
Their ultimate goal is to achieve a neutral carbon footprint, this is completely offset their emissions of greenhouse gases generated as a result of their activity.
The City Council goes on and on
Since 1996 the city of Murcia is committed to sustainability policies in the municipality.
Proof of this are the many other awards garnered in recent years as the Sustainable City Award in Spain in 2009, the selection of Murcia between the top 8 European cities in the European Green Capital Award 2011 or the selection of Murcia between 6 finalist cities Sustainable City Award 2010 of the World organized by the Swedish institution "Globe Award".
In recent years, Murcia has become the Local Strategy and Climate Change has recently approved the implementation of the Sustainable Energy Plan de Murcia 2020, framed in the Covenant of Mayors of the European Union, which aims to reduce by 40% emissions of greenhouse gases in 2020.
Martínez-Murcia Cache stressed that is developing a policy for environmental protection and sustainable mobility encompasses numerous actions in different fields, the purchase of new electric vehicles for municipal use, creating the office of the bicycle, the development of Bicycle Master Plan of Murcia or the articulation of instruments as "Murcia CO2labora" for companies to contribute to this common goal.
"We want businesses and citizens to join the common interest in combating climate change and improve our city."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
Privacy policy
- Legal notice
- Cookies