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EcoCert is a Certification scheme for SME (Small and Medium size Businesses) enabling Company's to save money on on your Energy costs, your Waste generation and disposal, your Water Costs and improve your Environmental Performance and become Environmentally Certified Small Investment – Substantial Return Water Energy and Waste

 EcoCert Management
The EcoCert scheme is designed, owned and operated by Econcertive. It is funded through a mixture of direct client fees and financial support from the EcoCert partner organisations.

EcoCert Steering Group
The steering group is composed of one nominated member from each of the partner organisations. The steering group is charged with the oversight of the EcoCert scheme as a whole; the setting of policy objectives; co-ordinating the efforts of the individual partners; and resolving any disputes or complaints which may arise.

The steering group and its individual members have no responsibility or liability for the day-to-day running of EcoCert, and so retain independence when assessing and influencing the service. They equate to a non-executive board

Confidentiality
For EcoCert to be effective it requires the client organisations to give their EcoCert advisor free access to their premises and to their energy, waste and water related records. Information gleaned by the EcoCert advisor is therefore confidential.

Client certification status, contact information, and the amalgamated performance figures for all EcoCert companies will be placed in the public domain (notably on this website). EcoCert partners will have access to reporting information, to allow them to monitor and verify the effectiveness of the EcoCert programme.

No other client-specific information will  be divulged to any third party without the client’s express permission.

EcoCert enables your business to Start Saving Money now!

 EcoCert assist small businesses, medium organisations and large organisations SAVING MONEY by looking closely at these costs, quickly finding cost-efficient ways of reducing them, while your business becomes greener at the same time. For a modest flat fee of typically €400 (ex VAT) Econcertive guarantee to find you savings which we’re confident will exceed the small initial outlay. In fact so confident is their claim that they offer a money-back guarantee.

“EcoCert Member Companies identify average annual savings in excess of €5000”.

EcoCert Companies Achieve 14% Energy Improvement”
The first compiled environmental performance data for the EcoCert companies is now available. This first 18 member companies achieved a year-on-year improvement of 3,037 tonnes of carbon emissions. This represents a 14% overall improvement in energy efficiency. They also saved an average of €5,315 in their annual costs.

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Awareness and Education Information

Recycle more

So many materials can be recycled. Some you can recycle at home by placing them into your recycle bin and others can be recycled by taking them to yourlocal recycling centre or civic amenity site.

http://www.recyclemore.ie/links

€coCert for Dunhill Rural Enterprises Ltd Ballyphilip Dunhill County Waterford

The EcoCert is an environmental management system and Certification Scheme for Small Businesses in County Waterford. It is supported by Government through the EPA (Environment Protection Agency) and builds on the Green Business theme where local authorities have a commitment to promoting and supporting ‘green’ business in their area. It is designed to help SME’s (Small and Medium Enterprise) businesses and other organisations to simultaneously reduce their costs and improve their environmental performance.

The EcoCert scheme provides an environmental advisor who identifies savings that can be made in the areas of waste, energy and water and then helps the organisation to establish a simple system to continue to improve. Once their system is in place the participating businesses are awarded a certificate to prove their environmental credentials.

Waterford County Council are partners with EcoCert, and congratulate the Dunhill Rural Enterprises Ltd on qualifying for an EcoCert.

See below picture taken of the presentation of the EcoCert to Dunhill Rural Enterprise by Phil Hogan TD, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government on Friday 26^th August 2011.

Left to Right in picture:

Ray O’ Dwyer, Waterford County Manager, Anne Sullivan, Environmental Education and Awareness Officer Waterford County Council, Paul Dunne, Development Manager of Dunhill Ecopark, Phil Hogan TD, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government,  Helen Kavanagh, Project Officer Interreg Action Dunhill and Willie Moore, Chairperson of Dunhill Rural Enterprises Ltd.