What works: Helping staff go greener at home

By Ben Hopkins 2020-02-14T06:00:00

If firms are serious about reducing their carbon footprint, they must consider how their workers behave at home as well as in the office

As an architectural practice we have always had leading policies and exemplar buildings with which to demonstrate our commitment to tackling climate change. But we realised that, if we were to ingrain the need for action across every decision in the business, then we needed to have and articulate a clear message.

Everything we do is measured in our annual carbon footprint, and various office refits that we have done recently have just moved around existing materials rather than buying in furniture and fittings. We want to make thinking about the climate as ubiquitous as possible to our staff, with the intention that this should feed into the design decisions that are where we can have the most impact as a practice.

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