Whitbread

Key data tables

Impact Areas Unit of Measure 2007/08 2008/09 %Change
Water Water/M3 3,671,712 3,287,606 -10%
Number of sites 689 839
M3 per site 5329 3918
Waste Disposed Waste/Tonnes 30,788 29,095 -5%
Number of sites 611 705
Tonnes per site 50.39 41.27
Glass Recycled Glass/Tonnes 3,773 4,230 +12%
Number of sites 435 446
Tonnes per site 8.67 9.48
Cardboard Recycled Cardboard/Tonnes 894 1,105 +24%
Number of sites 499 515
Tonnes per site 1.79 2.15
Carbon Footprint Scope Source of emissions 2007/08 2008/09 % change
Direct emissions 1 Gas 51,106 52,378 spacer
spacer LPG 2,663 2,771
spacer Fuel Oil 569 606
spacer Air conditioning refrigerant emissions 1,390 1,608
Indirect emissions 2 Electricity 137,544 149,437
3 Company car fleet 3,660 3,534
spacer Other car travel 256 680
spacer Water 2,518 2,254
spacer Waste 13,578 12,831
spacer Total tonnes of carbon 213,283 226,099 +6.0%
Turnover (£millions) £1,216.7 £1,334.6 +9.7%
Tonnes carbon per £1 million turnover 175 169 -3.4%

Despite a growth in revenue of 9.7% the Company's absolute carbon emissions increased by just 6%. Relative to sales, carbon emissions have improved by 3.4%.

Notes:

  1. The data in this table is absolute data, which means that it includes all sites, whether they were open for a full year or part of the year and some sites may not have a full set of data in each year.
  2. Where possible actual metered data has been used rather than estimated readings or billing data, but the quality of information varies between the businesses.
  3. Many Premier Inn sites are located next to a Whitbread restaurant and share their waste and recycling facilities and energy and water supplies with the restaurant.

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