We are committed to cutting waste and encouraging recycling 

Our aim is to reduce the overall levels of waste we produce and increase recycling across the Group. By diverting waste from landfill we contribute to sustainable resource use as well as helping us to minimise our landfill tax costs.

We do not have a formal Group-wide waste management system as we are mainly tenants in multi-tenanted buildings and we can only collect accurate data on our waste for a limited number of sites. We therefore need to work with each landlord to quantify waste and implement improvements in segregation and recycling on a local level.

We encourage employees to use paper wisely, only printing where necessary. We have Group-wide recycling schemes for specific waste streams: paper, mobile phones, redundant IT equipment and consumables such as printer cartridges. In 2010, we recycled 2,263 tonnes of paper. 

We aim not only to reduce our environmental impacts but to extend our influence with our employees, encouraging behavioural change through our internal 'Going Green' campaign and by providing information on our intranet. We also work with our client and suppliers to help them to reduce their environmental impacts. For example, when implementing new systems for clients we focus on removing redundant processes and replacing paper-based services with online services, where possible. This not only reduces environmental impacts but also reduces costs and improves our clients' services.