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Shetland Environmental Agency

Shetland Environmental Agency - Our Track Record

SEA Ltd has been in operation since 1990 and has provided a wide range of sustainable development services from strategic assessments on waste minimisation, to home energy efficiency programmes and sustainable tourism developments. We are experts in ecolabelling, developing partnerships and carbon management programmes. Our team has undertaken a wide range of work, which has been recognised as innovative and creative through various measures.

1. We helped establish the UK’s first extensive demand side management programme with Scottish Hydroelectric in Shetland and won the Scottish Energy saver of the year award for 1997. This work involved district heating, waste to energy, home energy insulation, technical energy audits and shared savings programmes.
2. We designed, created and have supported Green Business UK in the development of the Green Tourism Business Scheme by providing its operational engine, which is now in its fourth version with over 2000 participating businesses. We have undertaken over 10 pilot and roll out programmes to help establish the scheme in the UK and won both the tourism for tomorrow awards and the beacon award for sustainable best practice.
3. We have undertaken over 2000 audits and assessments through our own in house team as green tourism advisory assessments, green tourism accreditation audits, energy audits for the carbon trust and utility companies and detailed environmental audits including ecolabel evaluations on the main ecolabels in Europe as part of an endorsement process with VISIT (an association of the worlds leading ecolabels in tourism). We are the UK assessors for the EU flower.

4. We have a growing international portfolio with international consultancy projects throughout Europe and in New Zealand and Africa. We are considering the next stage in our international development through partnerships and business licence arrangements.
5. We have a growing portfolio of training programmes delivered through Green Business UK and operate as the organisations main development partner related to activities outside the UK.
6. Partnerships. We have ongoing partnerships contracts and licence agreements related to our programmes and services and these operate in the UK, New Zealand and Europe. We are seeking to establish further relations with organisations which share our values and commitment.

Awards we have won or helped our clients achieve

International Responsible Tourism Awards
Queens award for sustainable development
Scottish Energy saver of the year award
Beacon award for best practice in sustainable development
Tourism for Tomorrow
Business Commitment to the Environment
Green Tourism Business Scheme Gold awards

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