Copart Sponsors Carbon Literacy Award

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Global leader in vehicle remarketing and recycling, Copart UK, joins forces with UN-recognised low-carbon culture change charity The Carbon Literacy Project as the headline sponsor for its prestigious annual Carbon Literate Organisation Awards.

Now in its sixth year, the Carbon Literate Organisation (CLO) Awards will celebrate and honour organisations from across the UK and worldwide that have achieved CLO accreditation throughout the past year.

A Carbon Literate Organisation (CLO) is an organisation that has been accredited by The Carbon Literacy Project as being “culturally Carbon Literate”; having certified a substantial proportion of its workforce as Carbon Literate and engaged its stakeholders and wider community in action to cut carbon emissions. The four tiers of CLO accreditation – Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum – reflect increasing levels of Carbon Literacy commitment and achievement.

The CLO Awards recognise the exceptional efforts made by the now 310 accredited CLOs to educate and engage their workforce and stakeholders about climate change, its impact and solutions, including practical steps employees can take to reduce organisational carbon emissions.

Copart will itself be recognised as a Platinum CLO at this year’s ceremony, having trained over 80 per cent of its team in Carbon Literacy. To train its team members, Copart utilised the Carbon Literacy Automotive Toolkit, co-developed and funded by Autotrader and available for free to any organisation in the sector. Beginning with Bronze in 2022, Copart has rapidly climbed the CLO ladder by steadily engaging its team members and implementing low-carbon operational changes, which Copart estimates have saved the company £22,000 annually.

Jane Pocock, CEO at Copart UK & Ireland, commented:

“Following our recent accreditation as a Platinum level CLO, we’re delighted to further demonstrate our commitment to tackling climate change by supporting this year’s Carbon Literate Organisation Awards as headline sponsor.

“As a global leader in vehicle remarketing and recycling, we’ve always been a critical enabler of the circular economy, with the very nature of our operations helping to reduce the environmental impact of new vehicle manufacturing by extending the life of existing vehicles.”