How we safeguard our environment
We’re committed to leading our industry to minimise the impact of our business activities on our environment. We create, follow, and promote good sustainability practices across all our business processes.
We’re ISO 14001:2015 certified
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This certification shows our dedication to our environment as we follow multiple eco-conscious policies that prevent waste.
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Even before we gained this qualification, our whole ethos was already well ahead of this and other environmental legislation.
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Our in-house environmental team oversees the compliance of our environmental management process.
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Our environmental management processes and policies were assessed by the well-recognised industry body, QMS, who awarded us this certification.
Key points of our environmental strategy
We minimise our waste by evaluating our operations to ensure they’re as efficient as possible.
We provide free consultations to our customers to assist them to reduce their carbon footprint.
We carefully evaluate our suppliers.
We deeply understand, embrace, and exceed all the environmental legislation that relates to our company.
We accept responsibility for the harmful effects our operations can have on both the local and global environment.
We measure our company’s impact on the environment. As part of our core business objectives, we set targets for our ongoing improvement.
Sustainable growth
As a company, ITVET has grown organically every year. We carefully measure the effects of our business growth against the cost to our environment, health, and wellbeing. “Growth at all costs” is not a mantra that aligns with our core values.
Sustainable growth
As a company, ITVET has grown organically every year. We carefully measure the effects of our business growth against the cost to our environment, health, and wellbeing. “Growth at all costs” is not a mantra that aligns with our core values.
Sustainability
Sustainability is our Business As Usual (BAU). We integrate sustainability into all our business decisions.
We focus our business activities with a long-term, permanent mindset of sustainability.
We make long term investments.
We avoid items that become obsolete quickly.
We purchase high-quality items with longer lifespans.
Actively reducing our carbon footprint
We support others on their journey to become sustainable
We’ve reduced our power consumption in our office
We minimise our toxic emissions by using hybrid company vehicles
We reduce or avoid travelling as much as possible
We joined net-zero initiative Tree-Nation, planting trees in deforested areas to balance out any carbon emissions we do produce
Real actions, not greenwashing
Greenwashing
When a company market themselves as environmentally conscious for their PR image, yet they aren’t making a positive impact on the planet.
Our minimalist approach to business conserves our planet’s precious resources
We believe that producing a huge carbon footprint simply abuses our planet. Our priority is to reduce emissions and behave responsibly towards the carbon footprint we leave on our environment. Our actions need to live in harmony with our intention to protect our environment.
We’re against unrealistic and dishonest practices
No lip service
No box-ticking exercises
No “greenwashing”
Not profit at all cost
Our approach is truly eco-friendly
Our commitment to our environment is our way of life
Our environmental activities really make a difference
We do more than just look environmentally friendly
Every business decision is evaluated through an environmental lens
Significantly reducing our travel
The heavy cost of commuting
Regardless of how we travel, each journey produces harmful emissions that can simply be avoided with virtual conferences and events. If 3.9 million people worked from home at least half the time, there would be a huge reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. It would be the equivalent of removing 600,000 cars for an entire year.
We avoid travelling
We avoid physically travelling to meetings where alternatives are available and practical.
We’re a remote team
Our team has the option of working from home full-time, on a hybrid basis, or from the office every day.
Remote working software
Microsoft Teams collaborative software enables seamless teamwork across our entire company.
Virtual team events
Our online events reduce our travel while ensuring that our whole team can get involved.
Paperless working reduces our consumption
We operate a paper-free policy internally and with our customers as much as possible
The average US office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper each year of which 6,800 sheets are wasted. Each page requires five litres of water, so 50,000 litres of water is used per employee per year.
Wasteful way of
using paper
Note taking with a notepad
Printing out contracts to sign
Printing out documents and using a photocopier
Writers capture interview notes with a paper and pen
Printing leaflets and brochures
Giving and receiving business cards
Jotting down notes during meetings
Producing costly event and exhibition stands and signage
Eco-conscious way
of avoiding paper
Microsoft Word “Dictate” tool captures voice notes
Most contracts can be digitally edited and signed
We avoid printing documents out where possible, instead we read them on screen
Our writers use smartphone apps that transcribe speech to text
We use QR codes to share information via a web page instead
We use a business card app to collect and share contacts digitally
We record Microsoft Teams meetings and transcribe them
We no longer attend in-person events, opting for online events only
We have an appointed energy ambassador
Our energy ambassador evaluates our utility bills
They identify the devices that consume the heaviest volumes of power
They conduct research on how we can reduce consumption
They put measures in place to reduce power usage
They monitor all our ongoing power usage
Detailed energy analysis
As part of their deep analysis, we recently reduced the frequency of our rubbish collections. This reduced the amount of carbon emissions produced by our bin lorries.
It’s been amazing to watch how our energy consumption has changed with a few innovations in our offices. We’re continuing to analyse how we work at ITVET, to make changes that protect our planet and show other companies how they can do the same.
ITVET’s Energy Ambassador
Detailed energy analysis
As part of their deep analysis, we recently reduced the frequency of our rubbish collections. This reduced the amount of carbon emissions produced by our bin lorries.
It’s been amazing to watch how our energy consumption has changed with a few innovations in our offices. We’re continuing to analyse how we work at ITVET, to make changes that protect our planet and show other companies how they can do the same.
ITVET’s Energy Ambassador
We reduce our office energy consumption using smart building IoT technology
Sustainability underpins every aspect of ITVET. We believe technology can make a positive difference to our environment. This is why we’ve retrofitted our ITVET offices using IoT sensors to transform them into energy-efficient smart buildings by introducing a range of IoT features.
Lights
Only come on if people are in the room and auto shut off when empty.
Bins
Sensors added to our bins tell us if they are full and need to be emptied.
Air conditioners
Sense if someone is actually in the room before turning on.
Each radiator
Enables people to control the temperature in their own environment.
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Lights
Only come on if people are in the room and auto shut off when empty.
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Bins
Sensors added to our bins tell us if they are full and need to be emptied.
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Air conditioners
Sense if someone is actually in the room before turning on.
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Each radiator
Enables people to control the temperature in their own environment.
Our environmental commitments
An environmentally conscious way of working is business as usual for us. Our commitment to the environment is woven into the DNA of our company and affects all of our working processes. We want to lead by example, following and promoting good sustainable practices, benefiting our employees, community, and planet.
ITVET as industry influencers for our environment
We provide a free consultation to our customers to assist them in reducing their carbon footprint. We openly share our best practices, so everyone can benefit from our journey to becoming a green business. As smart building experts, we can advise on how to retrofit existing buildings with IoT technology to improve energy efficiency and reduce operational costs.
ITVET encourage eco-friendly lifestyles
Remote working
Most of our team can work from home
Reward policy
We reward people who walk to work
No paper policy
We only print what is absolutely necessary
Commuting
We encourage our team to use public transport
Electric cars
Our offices have electric car charging points
Recycling points
We ensure recycling bins are available
Being a sustainable business offers a significant competitive advantage
We believe in promoting our environmental and community-based values as often as possible. This gives us the possibility of influencing our industry and encouraging other businesses to adopt this approach.
Environmental actions speak louder than words
To stand out among other companies, eco-friendly businesses need to show they go beyond compliance with the government sustainability regulations and take active action instead of just speaking about sustainability.
Companies that voluntarily adopt international ‘green’ practices and standards have employees who are 16 percent more productive than the average.
Professor Magali Delmas
UCLA
Research shows that being an eco-friendly business has its benefits
Money-saving
Eco-friendly business practices lead to more efficient energy use and less wastage, lowering our running costs.
Happier teams
Companies who follow solid and sustainable practices have much higher satisfaction and happiness levels among their employees.
We’re ahead of legislation
We already have world-class environmental certifications and we’re working towards net zero compliance.
Attract more values-based client relationships
Many businesses actively choose more sustainable business partnerships.
Attract better talent
64% of millennials are willing to turn a job down if the company doesn’t have strong Corporate Social Responsibility.
More trusted brand
The company harnesses the power of very high public sentiment for eco-friendly messages.
Sustainable technological innovations
PropTech consultation
We provide free PropTech consultation to all our clients to analyse ways they can reduce their carbon footprint. This could be through “Internet of Things” (IoT) automation, retrofitting smart building features to their existing offices, or implementing an overarching technical strategy to create an intelligent building.
Smart building sensors
Our smart building sensors ensure that our people work in a warm, well-lit environment, while using the minimum amount of power. These intelligent sensors collect data constantly. They detect the presence of people in real-time and turn off when a space is unoccupied to prevent energy wastage.
Utilities monitoring
Our in-house developed utilities monitoring and reporting software monitors all power usage so users can reduce their energy consumption and utility costs.
Retrofitting old buildings
Retrofitting old buildings with IoT capabilities that make them more efficient while minimising refurbishment costs.