Environmental Policy
A surprising 2007 report by a world leading IT Research company reports that 2% of global CO2 emissions come from the ICT (Information & Communications technology) industry.
This figure does include all computers, industrial servers, the hardware needed to make them run, and the telecoms industry, but it is the same as the aviation industry!
There’s no doubt that each web search, social networking site update, and SMS we send has an impact.
Creating Causes aims to acknowledge this impact, and mitigate it with sensible policies working towards becoming a carbon neutral company by the end of 2011.
Creating Causes Office
- The Creating Causes office is within walking distance of Plymouth City Centre, resulting in an emissions free commute.
- The office is within a larger office shared with a number of other local business, sharing lighting, hardware, heating and electricity resources.
- Hardware purchases are always made with the environment in mind. If new hardware is required, low energy rated products are always sought.
- Printed publicity is kept to a minimum, where printing is required, recycled paper / card is used.
Website hosting
- Our company website is hosted with Affordable Internet Solutions based in California. Their servers and operations are all powered by 100% solar energy. See their website here www.aiso.net
- We have re-seller accounts with green web hosts and always offer this as a preferred option to potential new clients, offering the discounted re-seller rate to them at cost to offset the ‘premium’ one is expected to pay for green web hosting.
Promotion of green & ethical causes
For many years Roger Hyde, Managing Director of Creating Causes has worked for non-profits as a volunteer – for many years full time – he’s also been involved in UK based nature conservation work, humanitarian work in Central Africa, and in recent years in the establishment of dulabab.com – an online green initiative with the intention of sharing common sense environmental information.
Becoming carbon neutral
- A suitable method for calculating the company carbon footprint, then subsequently offsetting this is currently being investigated.
