Exe Box, Matford, Exeter, EX2 8FD, UK Tel: +44 (0)1392 824300 • Email: sales@otterhouse.co.uk • www.otterhouse.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1392 826482 • Email: admin@carouselcalendars.co.uk • www.carouselcalendars.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)1392 826800 • Email: info@calendarclub.co.uk • www.calendarclub.co.uk 77639 “We’re enjoying every step we take, from small operational tweaks to large group commitments, because we’re focused on achieving our goals” ELECTRICITY & GAS CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION In tandem with our move to home working options for staff, we’ve been consulting our team on the ways in which they commute to our head office. As many organisations do, we have people travelling on foot, some cycling, some utilising public transport and many utilising their own vehicles. Via improving our own facilities for cyclists, our new bike shed and our Cycle to Work scheme, we hope to see an increase in people cycling to the office, and through the opening of a new train station local to us, we hope more staff can utilise the railway network. As a group, we felt therefore the need to support staff who wished to make a positive change in regards commuting via their own vehicles, so in autumn 2023 we launched our Electric Car Scheme. The premise is simple, through a salary sacrifice method, staff will be supported to obtain a lease for an electric vehicle. Even if the employee cannot facilitate charging at home, via our on-site charging points, they will be able to charge easily and cheaply at our offices. With expected uptake, we are confident that this will help to further reduce our carbon footprint and assist our team to achieve their personal environmental goals. COMMUTING An important project for 2024 is the replacement of our existing office light fittings. After reviewing our options, testing products and running the numbers, we’ve decided to proceed with a head office wide lighting refit moving to energy efficient LED lighting panels. Our goal is to have the majority of this work completed by mid year and our calculations tell us we will reduce our carbon emissions by around 1.5 tCO2e per annum. For us this proves to be a relatively small task that will yield significant results for many years to come. OFFICE LIGHTING EXE BOX
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