Sustainability

Our long-term ambition is to have paperless offices and reduce paperwork needing to be sent to our customers. As we work to get there, we offset the effect of paper printing by reforesting areas such as the Dominican Republic, Ireland, Madagascar and Mexico through Print Releaf. We also reuse 80% of our printer toner cartridges with the remainder being recycled so none are sent to landfill or incineration.

None of our waste is sent to landfill – 90% is recycled with 10% used as Refused Derived Fuel. Activities to encourage staff engagement with this include Zero Waste workshops.

We’re continuing to make changes in our offices to reduce our carbon emissions – from big ticket items such as changing our electricity tariffs, through to introducing reusable bio-degradable plates for meetings replacing more than 4,600 single use paper plates a year.

We are reducing our business travel as much as possible and support our employees through the Cycle to Work Scheme. We’re committed to supporting the Birmingham Clean Air Zone initiative.

Our sustainability principles are embedded into our procurement policies and we will put this commitment over any short-term commercial considerations when choosing suppliers, outsourcers and other business partners. All of our stationery is purchased through Wild Hearts, an organisation that uses their activities and profits to create global change and improve the lives of people across the world.

We are proud signatories of the UK Business Group Alliance for Net Zero and for a green recovery from Covid-19.