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Status Report 1st Quarter 2008

In March 2008, we started our campaign to make SVH-PVH group a more eco friendly business. During this last month we have focused on the things that could be changed immediately and easily. As we enter the 2nd Quarter of 2008, more actions will take place and we can slowly start the documentation of SVH-PVH’s effort and carbon footprints.

What have we achieved?

Recycling:

Instead of keeping funds for themselves, the villa employee have teamed up and handed out the proceedings from the sale of recycled items as follows.

Villa / Offices
Amount Collected
in March
SVH Office
THB 278.-
Bkk Office
THB 550.-
Dhevatara Cove
THB 489.-
Ban Lim Pa
THB 50.-
Baan Ling Noi
THB 70.-
Total Collected by Staff
THB 1,428.-
Voluntary contribution of SVH
(equals what employee have collected)
THB 1,428.-
Total available for Projects
THB 2,856.-

We would like to thank the above staff members for the money collected through recycling and for their effort. We have collected a total of 1,428 TB this month from recycling.

  • The use of recycled paper in all material and within company’s official document has been implemented in the offices.
  • Environmental friendly brown envelopes (unbleached paper) are now in use.
  • To re-use printed paper for second print is now SOP. SVH can save money on paper and we don’t waste unnecessary papers/trees. This is now SOP in many hotels and resorts as well as other businesses on the island.

Water and Waste

  • Waste bins: We need to make sure every villa has the proper amount of waste bins to do the recycling. All VMs have been told to report to Khun Gym if they need more waste bins in order to get going with the recycling.
  • We are also looking into purchasing biodegradable waste bags for garbage and other waste. Waiting for quotes.
  • All toilets (where it’s possible) in villas and office now have bricks or bottles put into the cistern.
  • Water coolers have not been purchased yet for the SVH-PVH offices, but is said to be in place by April in order to reduce the amount of plastic bottles used within SVH-PVH group of companies.

Energy:

  • All aircon units are being serviced every 2 months.
  • All staff has been informed about the necessity of turning off lights and electrical appliances when not in the room, villa or offices. Also the need to keep aircon units on not less than 24 degrees Celsius.
  • SVH-PVH joined the earth Hour 2008 by switching off all electricity for one hour in all the vacant villas. Next year we hope to get all our villas to join in, vacant or not. We are  sure our guests will show understanding in this matter.

Carbon Footprints:

We have started to trace and document SVH-PVH’s carbon footprint for its business:

  • Flight information for all employees going on business trips
  • Car mileage for all employees
  • Electricity information for all villas and offices is now being collected in order to measure our carbon emissions. To be documented.

Carbon footprint 1st Quarter 2008


TransportationDistance KmCO2 emissions
in metric tons
Business Air Travel:
Short Flight11.7811,77
Medium Flight0
0
Long Flight15.5061,71
Vehicles:
Small Petrol0
0
Medium Petrol26.0994,96
Large Petrol0
0
Small Diesel0
0
Large Diesel75.02914,26

Total CO2 emissions
22.7

Voluntary off setting Value

The formula used are the calculation tools provided by Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol.


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