Sustainability Policy
Our sustainability policy is based around REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE. We have a practical summary of that below. We would like to see all categories met and will work towards that.
Category | Item | Status | Notes |
Office Energy | Eliminate heat from fossil fuel | Fully Met | Office is 100% electric with supplier generation being partially from renewables. |
Office Energy | Increase energy efficiency | Party Let | In May 2023 we moved to new, smaller offices as we changed our way of working over Covid to be more remote and flexible. This reduced our energy consumption by over 50%. The age of our new building restricts the overall EPC rating and as tenants this is outside our control. |
Print & Paper | Reduce paper and print usage to negligible amount | Fully Met | We have reduced print and paper output by around 99% in last 10 years. Majority of documents are now electronic. |
Waste Recycling | Recycle all possible waste | Fully Met | We recycle 100% of waste that is recyclable. |
Product Sustainability | Repair where possible, order products locally | Partly Met | We repair as many products as we can before scrappage; we purchase some re-conditioned and used equipment; we order locally where possible but due to the nature of some specialised products these have to come from longer distances. |
Water Usage | Reduce water usage | Fully Met | We have reduced our water usage to an almost negligible amount. |
Vehicle Emissions | Reduce journeys to minimum possible | Fully Met | We plan vehicle journeys to reduce the number of trips and mileage travelled, e.g. we have reduced the number of viewings by consolidating appointments. |
Vehicle Emissions | Switch to electric vehicles | Not Yet Met | We hope to achieve this in coming years however this is partly outside of our control due to fact that some vehicles are owned by sub-contractors and not the business. |
Promoting Landlord Energy Efficiency | Actively encourage and assist landlords to improve energy efficiency | Fully Met | We frequently encourage landlords to improve energy efficiency and we assist by both exploring and obtaining warm home grants and organise fitting of energy measures. |