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The greenest company on the planet is in Wellingborough.
The TNT depot in Sinclair Drive, on the Park Farm Industrial estate, gets 100 per cent of its electricity from wind and hydro-electric power sources.
But it doesn't end there – the national company has just spent 8million on 100 electric trucks, which run off batteries, using power from renewable sources.
And now, for the third year in a row, the Wellingborough branch has been named Greenest Company On The Planet by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI).
Mike Brooks, Wellingborough depot general manager, said: "The fact that every single watt of power coming into the depot is produced by wind turbines or hydro power is a fantastic feather in the cap for the company and proves we're serious about being environmentally friendly.
"Topping the DJSI list is just further confirmation.
"We've drawn up a green electricity contract with the supplier and generator – and it's fully auditable and a legal requirement for them – that all of our electricity comes from a green source.
"It basically means that our industry-leading fleet of electric trucks is truly emission free, because we're charging their batteries using power from renewable sources."
The DJSI rankings for 2009, announced in Zurich, confirm that TNT got the top score with 95 per cent – the highest score of any company on the DJSI.
And TNT achieved 100 per cent in environmental reporting, climate strategy, occupational health and safety and social reporting.
Tom Bell, managing director of TNT UK, said: "This distinction is all the more outstanding given the difficult economic conditions."
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