Mr B & Friends brand consultants

Environmental & Sustainability Policy June 2009

The Mr B & Friends business structure not only provides many benefits for the clients and friends network that work with the agency, it also delivers a low impact effect on the environment.

As a virtual agency, our aim is to operate an environmentally efficient office and encourage our friends to replicate our efforts. The cumulative effect across our network means that the small changes our business makes, can have a wider impact.

Here are some of the small things we hope can make a big difference:

Energy consumption

  • We only equip the office with the hardware we need for our team
  • We don’t use photocopiers or faxes machines in favour of other technology
  • We install long-life light bulbs in our office
  • We shut down all computer hardware and servers following back-up
  • All electrical equipment is shut down overnight and at weekends.

Recycling

  • We only use recycled paper for our office stock
  • We encourage the use of paper stock from sustainable sources for our clients’ printing needs (where possible)
  • We recycle all office waste including paper and card, CD’s, printer cartridges and other materials collected by our local council.

Reusing

  • We try to re-use all paper items where possible
  • We re-use packaging, postage items, cases, bags and boxes where possible.

Reducing

  • We don’t output colour prints on every design project, thus reducing the use of electricity, paper and ink
  • We encourage our clients to accept PDF proofs rather than printed items, but we also accept that in the interests of accuracy this is not always possible
  • We are working towards a ‘paperless’ office where we store as much data, files, project files digitally as possible.

Transport

  • Where possible, our staff travel to the office by foot or on two wheels
  • We use public transport to travel to and from meetings where practical
  • For times when this is not possible, we have offset the carbon on all business miles (see below)

Carbon reduction

  • We have in place a carbon reducing strategy, and plan to be a carbon neutral business by the end of 2009 through the policies detailed above and an offsetting programme.