Silver sustainability award for BEVA
The BEVA sustainability working group is made up of working equine vets.
The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has achieved Investors in the Environment's (iiE) silver level accreditation.
Beginning its sustainability journey in 2020, BEVA has put measures in place to reduce its environmental impact, including monthly monitoring of key resources and updating and expanding its environmental policy.
BEVA has also introduced a carbon footprint calculator, a sustainable travel policy, and a sustainability working group for members.
Chief executive of BEVA, David Mountford, said: “We are immensely proud to have made it to our Silver award, just two years after our Bronze accreditation.
“Our very credible score of 78 per cent demonstrates our ongoing performance towards agreed environment targets and our total commitment to ensuring we operate in a sustainable way.”
Over the past year, BEVA has reduced its carbon footprint by 25 per cent, its electricity usage by 11 per cent and its gas usage by 46 per cent.
The association is focussing on sustainability for the upcoming BEVA Congress (13-16 September), with paperless registration and working with the venue to ensure sustainability.
Sustainability project lead at BEVA, Rebecca Radley, said: “As a team we are really pleased that our efforts to reduce our impact on the environment have been recognised with our achievement of the iiE Silver award.
“We will continue to work towards further reducing our carbon footprint with the aim of achieving iiE’s Green accreditation in the future.”
Defra has published guidance for the vet sector ahead of a proposed UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement.
