We’ve been working on our Environmental creds

After turning the office literally green last month, with a whole host of workplace plants, we have turned our attention to enhancing our Environmental credentials.

Landscape Architect Matt Northall has been appointed our Environmental Champion and has been coming up with lots of exciting ways for us to do our bit for climate change.

Matt said: “At Land Studio, sustainability and regeneration are embedded throughout the practice, from the personal choices we make to how we operate as an organisation.

“Our goal is not to be climate neutral but climate positive and there are lots of things we can do to make a difference every day.

“We’ve put a focus on three key areas – our people, our practice and place and we’re going to see what we can do to enhance all three from an environmental point of view. It’s exciting.”

Here are a few of the ideas we’re working on:

People

·         Consider how we commute to work and how we could be greener. We’re looking at cycle to work scheme, access to public transport, car sharing and active travel such as walking.

·         Try to connect with nature every day whether that’s a lunchtime walk in the fresh air, an outside walking meeting or company nature days.

·         Review what we consume in our daily lives – including our diet, energy consumption and information.

Practice

·         Consider where we source our energy from and whether there is an option for a renewable energy tariff.

·         Look to source practice consumables, such as cleaning products, tea/ coffee/milk from local suppliers rather than chain supermarkets so we can help promote a local circular economy.

·         Encourage team members, clients and end-users to develop nature-based solutions.

Place

·         Promote and integrate ‘Building with Nature’ at every opportunity. Our in-house expert Rachael Fenton is a Building with Nature assessor and can provide developers with information about adding green infrastructure to their projects.

·         Source more local products and promote the use of local skilled crafts and tradesmen.