Reducing Environmental Impact –
What are we seeking to achieve?
1. Adopting sustainable practices
- Clear leadership and staff buy in for environmental sustainability.
- Commitment from senior leaders to change organisational behaviours to support environmental sustainability.
- Developing and implementing strategies to improve energy efficiency, supporting more sustainable/ active travel and reducing waste and water consumption.
- Embedding environmental sustainability into organisation wide strategies.
- Providing teams with the tools and resources they need to feel empowered to implement solutions and measure impact for supporting environmental sustainability.
- Building a sense of shared motivated responsibility and ownership over sustainability solutions, for example recruiting champions and running campaigns.
2. Influencing sustainable practices in the community
- Influencing local suppliers to develop practices for developments that support the environmental health of local communities, for example recycling.
- Advocating for more public transport routes and cycle lanes into anchor premises.
- Purchasing and commissioning decisions to influence sustainability practices within the community, for example working with local suppliers to reduce carbon output.
