Ekerum Resort Öland recently won the award for “World’s Best Eco-Friendly Golf Facility” at the World Golf Awards held at La Manga Club in Spain.
The Golf Club located in Sweden has signed a five-year preferred supplier agreement with Jacobsen in which both parties have pledged to measure and publish environmental performance.
Jacobsen has ensured that Ekerum Resort Öland is supplied with the best environmentally performing machinery, which includes an Eclipse 322 diesel hybrid greens mower, a Truckster XD with SprayTek, an HR700 wide area rotary mower, an AR722 rough mower, 10 Cushman Haulers and 25 E-Z-GO ELiTE TXT golf cars.
Jacobsen has an ongoing commitment to ISO Standard 14001 which gives clear objectives for improving environmental performance and actively championing environmentally sound practices. Jacobsen and Ekerum Resort Öland have worked together to set a specific set of environmental targets. The targets agreed to by both businesses are:
- Reduce waste removed from sites by 2% per year (10% over a 5-year period)
- Increase waste recycling by 2% per year (10% over 5-year period)
- Reduce energy use (total KW/h/ hours worked) by 2% on 2016 usage (10% over 5-year period)
Ekerum Resort Öland also won “Sweden’s Best Golf Hotel” and was nominated at this year’s World Golf Awards.
