Chime Communications
We have been advising Chime in developing a comprehensive environmental management programme that will also enable Chime to become a carbon neutral company.
To start, we supported Chime in undertaking an independent Climate Impact Assessment to provide a full account of the carbon emissions from its business operations, including business travel, commuting, energy consumption and waste management. This process provided a robust baseline measurement against which to gauge environmental performance, and set future targets and objectives.
Chime is aiming to develop a culture of environmental responsibility and leading edge thinking that extends from employees through to suppliers and clients. To achieve this, we have helped Chime with the following actions:
- Including staff in group wide environmental decisions to encourage a sense of joint commitment, and embed a sense of environmental responsibility in the office and beyond.
- Setting up a network of Climate Change Champions from each Chime company who share ideas and help build awareness at company level.
- Using internal e-newsletter The Week at Chime to communicate environmental developments, reduction tips and consult with employees.
- Running 4 monthly ‘Turn it off’ poster campaigns to encourage employees to take steps to reduce emissions.
Chime has already switched to green electricity for main offices, and is working with stationery suppliers to trial recycled office paper. In 2007 Chime intends to include environmental criteria in the selection process for preferred suppliers, and review the practices of existing suppliers.
While reduction is central to Chime’s approach, some inevitable emissions will be offset. We helped Chime to choose appropriate projects which this year are a Rural Solar Electrification Project in India and Sri Lanka; a Forestry Project in the UK; and a Wind Power Generation Project in India.
