As part of our continuing commitment to the environment and our ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification, we track various monthly metrics.
A lot has changed in the last five years, before which our waste was over double the current volumes. This huge reduction is due to hybrid working, using less paper resulting in less confidential shredding following the transition to cloud accounting software, such as Xero, and paperless files using MyWorkPapers.
Having achieved the ISO 14001 certification in 2022, we have found ways to further reduce our overall waste by 6%, which includes confidential shredding, recycling, general waste and food waste, and is handled by one local provider, Printwaste.
We have also reduced printer usage by 5% each year and our spend on printing stationary has reduced by 25%, and 11% respectively over the last two years with the increased use of emails.
We have seen a reduction of 55% from 2022 to 2023 in mileage recorded for meetings and a further 25% in the last year. A mix of online and face to face meetings is important and we car share where possible. More of the team now have electric vehicles which also plays a part.
There is less we can do to reduce our utilities that we haven’t already done but we continue to embrace opportunities. We are with green energy providers for electricity and gas, use an urn for making hot drinks and have water efficient toilet facilities already installed.
We have a group who meet regularly to review what more we can do – accountability and continual improvement is important. It’s vital that we all do our bit to reduce our impact on the environment.
Marketing Manager, Fiona Hughes, is part of the sustainability group – for more information contact marketing@randall-payne.co.uk or call 01242 776000.
