The Academy, which was launched this week, aims to highlight the importance of carbon awareness, while also improving the skills and knowledge base among Sainsbury’s contractors, suppliers and colleagues.
Sainsbury’s property director, Neil Sachdev, said: “We see this very much as a revolution in the way we manage our environmental impact. In order to fight carbon effectively, we need to ensure that everyone who comes into contact with our business has the knowledge and skills necessary to help reduce Sainsbury’s carbon footprint.
“Through a wide-ranging programme, we will aim to provide awareness and technical training to 20,000 people by 2020. We want all of our colleagues and contractors to become industry leaders in carbon reduction and this academy will help us to make this aspiration a reality.”
Skills learned at the Carbon Academy will be wide-ranging, from understanding how small changes in everyday working practices can reduce carbon impact, to highly specialist skill acquisition such as the CO2 refrigeration project.
Source: Sainsbury’s
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