E Co.’s Environmental policy

17 December 2020, Category: All insights, News, Tags:

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” – Rumi

E Co. is committed to undertake steps and to be an environmental leader. As a company, we adhere to the following green principles:

  • To focus our core business on facilitating a positive environmental impact.  
  • To minimise our consumption of resources and the impacts of our waste.
  • To foster a company culture that is continuously committed to increasing its environmental effectiveness. 
  • To consider the global environmental impact of our operations and to endeavour to influence our suppliers, customers and other stakeholders towards increased ambition for environmental action.
  • To continuously educate, train and learn from our employees and associates as to how our work and our ways of working can better support the planet. 

In order to operationalise our principals, E Co. has committed to the following goals: 

Emission reductions

GOAL 1.1: Minimise emissions linked to office premises and local operations.

GOAL 1.2: Minimise emissions generated from travelling and undertaking consulting work in other countries; offset emissions from essential travel.

(Read about how we’ve offset our 2019-2021 travel emissions by supporting Hivos’ African biogas programme in Kenya.)

GOAL 1.3: Minimise emissions from company-catered events by consuming a low-carbon, plant-based diet.

GOAL 1.4: Establish our baseline emissions (scope 1-2) and set a reduction goal for 2020-2021.

Waste reduction and recycling

GOAL 2.1: Reduce, reuse, repurpose and recycle our office- and home office-related waste.

(Read our article by Principal consultant Dr Jasmine Hyman and Analyst Sadie DeCoste on implementing this clause.)

Jasmine (left) and Sadie (right) visiting Paper Round Materials Recycling Facility (MRF).

Voluntary service for the environment

GOAL 3.1: Expand the company’s positive environmental impact by supporting pro-bono and voluntary initiatives that strengthen and inform our core principles.  

Certified B Corporation

In recognition of our commitment to make a positive impact in the world including in the environment, E Co. has been certified as a B Corp:

“Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. B Corps are accelerating a global culture shift to redefine success in business and build a more inclusive and sustainable economy.”

To read E Co’s B Corp profile and learn more, click here. 

The Company is committed to continual improvement of environmental performance. This Policy will be communicated to all staff, contractors and suppliers, and be available to the public through selected media. The policy will be revised on an annual basis, with input from E Co. staff.

To speak to the team further about our policy, please send a note to: amy@ecoltdgroup.com


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