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Sustainability (continued)
BUILDING-RELATED CARBON EMISSIONS
MINIMISING WASTE
Our office carbon emissions make up 9% of our overall
carbon footprint. Of these emissions, 97% were from
energy, 80% of which was electricity and 17% from heating
and cooling; the remaining 3% was from waste and water.
Waste has been reviewed and is currently not considered
a significant issue for RWS. Being a service-based
company, our waste generation is naturally low and nonhazardous. However, we continue to engage colleagues,
suppliers and other stakeholders to take ownership and
create more efficient operations and practices.
MANAGING ENERGY USE
In FY22, the Group took several measures to reduce
waste. These included:
We recognise the importance of investing in energy
efficient offices and renewable energy. In FY22, the
Group took several measures to reduce energy use and
emissions. These included:
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Switching to 100% renewable energy at Chalfont St
Peter’s Europa House in November 2021 and Brno,
Czech Republic (the Group’s largest office) in January
2022. Currently we have 100% renewable energy at six
of our offices (Alnwick, Brno, Chalfont St Peter, Leuven,
Munich, Stuttgart). Global contribution of market-based
renewable electricity is currently 17%.
Replacing existing lighting with energy efficient LED
lighting in our office in Chennai (40%) and Nanjing,
China. We have LED lighting in our head office in
Chalfont St Peter, as well as our offices in Brno, Indore,
Lausanne, London and San Francisco.
Trialling solar panels installed by our landlord at our
Indore office in India which provides lighting to common
areas.
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Installed a SMART meter in our Alnwick office to monitor
the consumption of electricity.
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Setting timers relative to weather conditions and office
opening hours.
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Implementing various energy efficiency actions such
as: a 'closed-door' policy to avoid unnecessary energy
consumption for heating/cooling; and a 'switch off at
night' policy.
With many of our initiatives, we recognise that what is
good for the environment is also good for business.
Energy savings, for example, reduce our emissions output
while cutting costs.
Each division within RWS tracks and monitors energy
use, in line with our Group-wide commitment to reduce
emissions and to reach our annual target to reduce
energy use across its operations.
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Developed and implemented a new Group-wide Waste
Policy.
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Installed recycling facilities and increased the amount
of waste which is recycled (targeting those offices which
reopened).
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Working with landlords regarding waste measurement
and management.
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Working with suppliers to get more accurate reports
detailing waste and recycling.
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Sending our electronic equipment back to the supplier
to recycle as part of a global buy-back scheme.
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Storing and reusing bubble wrap and cardboard boxes.
Championing recycling through our 'Recycling Week.'
Hosted an awareness day for World Cleanup Day to
educate, inform and engage colleagues around waste.
Where our offices are in managed buildings, we will work
with landlords to derive better data on waste and then
implement programmes to reduce, reuse and recycle.
