We acknowledge the connection between the climate and other environmental crises including the threat of current and future homelessness, disease, food and water shortages and poverty for millions of people around the world, as well as the major damage being caused to our natural eco-systems.
We therefore recognise our responsibility to reduce our carbon and environmental footprint and formally commit ourself to being an environmentally responsible charity.
GOAL 1: EQUALITY | Sustaining your freedom
We will welcome diversity within our work forces and ensure opportunities for growth are truly equal. Our efforts will secure equality today and engage a generation that truly represents the diversity of our society in the 21st century.
GOAL 2: WELL-BEING | Sustaining ourselves and each other
To build support for individuals within the company and value their well being as highly as their skills.
GOAL 3: CULTURAL LEARNING | Sustaining a shared culture of knowledge
Our goal is to engage, educate, and inspire. Shared knowledge, opinions, and debate will empower individuals to instinctively make sustainable choices. A culture of sharing best practice, supported by formal training, will equip the industry of today for the realities of tomorrow.
GOAL 4: ZERO LOSS | Cradle to cradle – materials, resources, expertise
Waste is a product of bad design; our creativity must not be disposable. Re-invention and innovation of our industry resources, raw materials, imagination and expertise will lead us to a future of zero loss.
GOAL 5: RESPONSIBLE RESOURCING | Choosing for forever
Where do our products come from? What are they made of? Who made them and in what conditions? Our goal is to source sustainably where possible.
GOAL 6: RUNNING ON RENEWABLES | Powering sustainability
Our goal is to harness the power of renewable resources in order to sustain our culture.
GOAL 7: PEOPLE, PLANET, PROFIT – REPORTING | Sustaining transparency
People and planet will take their place in the profit and loss accounts. Let’s make profits our children can be proud of.
GOAL 8: FAIR REWARDS | Give value, get value
A culture of fair rewards will create a sustainable living for everyone.
GOAL 9: A VALUE ECONOMY | Resilient industry economics
Engaging companies that have a positive impact.
GOAL 10: INDIVIDUAL ACTION | Making Waves
What can we do as an individual to make an impact?