Our Sustainability Credentials
Running Carbon Footprint Ltd Sustainably is Core to our Fundamental Values and Ethos
Our Commitment to the Environment
We are leading in environmental change, helping our clients to reduce their environmental impact and minimise their carbon emissions. We believe in leading by example and are committed to keeping our own environmental footprint to an absolute minimum.
Our Targets
- Reduce our carbon footprint (tCO2e/turnover £) by 80% compared with 2007/8 baseline by 2030.
- Be Net Zero by 2040, through reducing all Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions by at least 90% and removing the remaining emissions.
- Remain carbon neutral across our Building Energy and Travel emissions whilst on route to achieving Net Zero.
- Extend our support with innovative services to help our clients reduce their emissions.
Our Quality & Environmental Management Credentials
- We are certified to ISO 14001:2015 (Cert No. 538803)
- We are certified to ISO 9001:2015 (Cert No. 577702)
Our Environmental Policy and Quality Policy can be downloaded by clicking on the icons opposite.
Anti Bribery & Modern Slavery Policy
We are fully committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all of our business operations. Click here to view policy
Leading Carbon Management
Every year we calculate our Business's own carbon footprint and offset our emissions by helping to finance high quality projects in developing countries to achieve carbon neutrality. We have a highly active Carbon Management Plan with targets for ongoing carbon reductions.
We have already achieved a 91% reduction in emissions per £M turnover since our FY 2008/09
Offsetting Our Carbon Emissions
Our priority is to avoid unnecessary emissions and reduce our environmental impact as much as possible, however it isn't currently possible for us to reduce emissions to zero. Therefore we annually offset our remaining carbon emissions, by asking our staff to select the project(s) they would like us to be supporting. We are happy to say that since 2019 our offices are powered by green energy and that we have decided to go the extra mile by measuring and offsetting any emissions associated with employee commuting as well!
This year our staff voted and selected to offset our emissions by supporting:
the Gold Standard GS1247 VPA 49 Improved Kitchen Regimes:Kaliro Safe Water Project project in Uganda
and planting 25 trees in Kenya!
This project provides land reforestation and supports a better quality of life in Kenyan communities in the Great Rift Valley.
The Safe Water Project in Uganda, provides clean drinking water to local communities in Uganda |
This project provides land reforestation and supports a better quality of life in Kenyan communities in the Great Rift Valley. |
What else do we do?
- We chair the Sustainable Business Network for North Hampshire
- We are founding members of the Quality Assurance Standard (QAS) for carbon offsetting
- We run the Carbon Academy (for peer group learning)