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The ACC Liverpool Group, which operates the likes of the M&S Bank Arena and Exhibition Centre Liverpool and convention centre, has secured more than £1m in funding to support its goal of achieving Net Zero status by 2030.
The organisation will receive £1.4m from phase 3b of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, deployed by Salix Finance, which will be used to replace hot water boilers in the arena and the adjoining convention centre with air sourced heat pumps.
The project is expected to directly save more than 4,200 tonnes of carbon over the lifetime of the project in addition to reducing running and maintenance costs.
Eddie dos Santos, director of operations and venue management at The ACC Liverpool Group, said: “Environment, sustainability and climate action are key focuses for our Social Value Impact Plan which we launched in 2021.
“We have already made significant progress across the campus with a number of initiatives and are striving to implement as many changes as we can to make events that we host as sustainable as possible for organisers and visitors.
“This project will enable us to make massive reductions in carbon emissions from the existing equipment and reduce our annual running costs.”
Council Leader, Cllr Liam Robinson, who leads on Liverpool City Council’s climate action and Net Zero programmes, added: “I’m delighted that The ACC Liverpool Group is taking decarbonisation extremely seriously and is making as many changes as possible to how it operates and functions.
“It’s a great example of how a business can reduce its carbon footprint whilst continuing to be successful. Any step towards carbon reduction is to be welcomed, and that is a message we can all embrace.
“Every effort will make a difference, no matter how big or by whom – starting today. We owe it to future generations to do all we can to prevent the climate crisis becoming a global catastrophe.”
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