What the company can do: purchase highly efficient
appliances; use low energy bulbs; maintain essential systems; aim
to use green suppliers
As part of our ongoing commitment to reduce our carbon footprint
per capita by a minimum of 5% year on year we have produced a
summary of our Carbon Action Plan, in which we outline what we have
done so far and how we intend to achieve our target.
Reducing our carbon emissions
We see sustainability as one of the key agendas for our business.
We take a holistic view of sustainability, which applies to every
sector in which we work. Through our services we are able to play a
major role in developing the sustainability agenda during all
phases of project lifecycle.
As the world grapples with the growing evidence that climate change
is happening and will have significant future impacts, society is
increasingly concerned about greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile
many of our staff are committed to living sustainably in their
personal lives – as an employee-owned company Mott MacDonald shares
their concerns. We feel an ethical obligation to reduce our
emissions and resource use.
This brings benefits to our own business. It also helps our
customers, as many are now counting their suppliers’ carbon
footprints when auditing their own.
We have committed to reducing our per capita emissions by 5% year
on year. This will be achieved by increasing carbon consciousness
and encouraging behavioural change among staff, improving our
offices and equipment, and aiming to use tele- or video
conferencing in preference to travel.
Reductions will be measured against our first Group-wide carbon
footprint calculation – approximately 33,000 tonnes of CO2, or 2.6
tonnes per employee. This was based on 2007 energy bills for many
of our principal buildings and records of travel by air and car
logged through our expenses process and by our in-house travel
agent. We are now in the process of improving the scope and
accuracy of our carbon measurements.
Read further in our carbon footprint page
What we can all do: use less water; adjust
thermostats to cut energy use; use double-sided printing; turn off
monitors, PCs and printers; avoid unnecessary flights; use public
transport
What we can all do: recycle our waste; make
conference calls; try car sharing; only boil what is needed; use
recycled paper; switch off the lights
