Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) has been awarded a Sustainable Ambassador award by the Crichton Carbon Centre for the Sustainable Process Improvement (SPI) resource efficiency programme they’ve been involved in.

The Crichton Carbon Centre team has been working with staff in one of the charities hospices, Robin House in Balloch, to identify opportunities for implementing or improving sustainable business practice. CHAS was presented with the award last week in commemoration of the steps it’s made towards resource efficiency.

Hospice support services manager Sarah Murray said: “The project with the Crichton Carbon Centre has given us a platform to enhance our focus on reducing waste and energy consumption within Robin House. Although we’ve always been extremely conscience of resource efficiency and meeting energy legislation targets within the hospice, it’s been great to have reassurance that we’re on the right path from an external source.

“We hope to use their initiatives to encourage a shift in how CHAS and Robin House deal with these matters in the future and eventually we hope to see financial benefits of which we can pass directly on to the babies, children and young people with life-shortening illnesses in our care. It’s been great to work with the SPI programme and it’s lovely to be acknowledged for all of our efforts so far on resource efficiency.” Angela Lamont, business development specialist at the Crichton Carbon Centre, added: “It’s been great spending time at Robin House and having the chance to help the team there develop their sustainable business practice. They’d already made a great start with things like their vegetable garden, composting and recycling. “They’ve augmented this with moves like LED lighting, motion sensors and behaviour change for staff. So for me it was all about helping them realise another level of sustainability” “We’re very proud to award them with the Sustainable Ambassador award, it’s well deserved and we look forward to seeing how they share their success across the charity.”