Environmental Policy Owner: Chief Operating Officer Last updated: 10 January 2019 To be read in conjunction with these other policies and procedures:
Status: Approved Review date: Jan 2023
Travel and Expenses Policy Procurement Policy
Purpose of the document Transparency International UK has a relatively small environmental impact. This policy is designed to minimise our environmental footprint. The target is 100% compliance in each area listed below.
The Policy TI-UK will operate in compliance with all relevant environmental legislation, inform its employees, interns and consultants about environmental issues that may affect their work, and make them aware of the policies in place.
Energy Use TI-UK shares an office space, and so has little direct control over energy use. However, in areas that it is able to control:
All IT equipment, including printers, monitors and scanners, should be left in the most economical mode overnight. Each individual is responsible for shutting down their personal equipment when not in use or at the end of the day.
Travel Public transport should be used whenever practicable. The points below are quoted from the Travel and Expenses Policy.
For journeys to continental Europe, rail travel should be preferred over air travel wherever practicable and if the total journey time is less than eight hours For journeys within the UK, the use of trains should be preferred over cars or planes Taxis may be used rather than public transport if staff are travelling late at night (after 10pm), if public transport is impracticable or if staff perceive a safety risk.
Procurement Our policy is that the highest environmental specifications should be sought within the constraints of cost and quality. It is the responsibility of those undertaking the procurement to ensure that they have examined the options and reached a decision based on this environmental policy. Apart from travel, TI-UK’s largest procurement expenditure is on external printing. All printing will be sourced from environmentally-friendly printers (e.g. those with ISO 14001, EMAS or equivalent accreditation); all paper must be FSC-certified, recycled or from sustainable sources. Where considerations of cost or quality make this impractical, the paper content should have the highest achievable percentage of sustainable or recycled paper that is possible within the constraints of cost or quality. In addition:
The default setting for internal printers should be double-sided.
TI-UK Policies and Procedures Manual, February 2019
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