Making a positive impact
Climbing Trees are committed to making a positive impact on the planet. We always strive to do more.
Like all businesses, we’ve got a way to go before we can say we’re sustainable, but we’re committed to this, and we’ve already made big changes.
Some years ago, we decided not to depend on other people to fix the climate crisis, and get our house in order. We’ve meticulously reviewed every area of the agency to understand what we could do better. Then we did it.
What we’ve done so far
We’ve made changes to how we do business to improve our impact on the world around us.
100% renewable energy
in our office
Team trip emissions down 80%
we no longer travel by air for our annual team trip.
Diverse recruitment
is important to us, we operate a blind recruitment process to remove unconscious bias
Second-hand computers
buying pre-loved and refurbished from Macfinder and Apple so less goes to waste
Offset emissions
using Ecologi & Tree Nation where we have planted over 150k trees
Reduction in in-person client meetings
and we will use video calls wherever possible
Homeworking policy
to only be in office 25% of the time post pandemic to cut down commuting emissions
Use public transport
to get to client meetings where practical to do so
Responsible stationery
we source from Red Inc a B-Corp supplier
Car sharing
between team members when travelling to the office
Eco-efficient office improvements
working with our landlord to improve lighting and insulation
What we are planning
We’re on our way to being net zero by 2030. Since 2019, we’ve reduced carbon emissions from 5.3 tonnes per person per year to 3.69 tonnes per person per year.
- SEO & PPC campaign emissions – we’ll be able to help clients calculate their CO2
- Electric car scheme – for team members
- Office improvements – for greater control of lighting, energy and insulation.
What we can’t impact
Unfortunately, there are some things a small digital marketing agency in Essex can’t change – this is what we have considered but can’t currently change.
- Hosting of our digital providers. These are all energy intensive services (our SEO systems, PPC systems) essential to our business, but we cannot directly control them. However, we are contacting them to request they move to renewable energy suppliers.
- Our location. We are a rural based business and moving office is not cost, or carbon, effective right now. This means we will have some transport emissions however work hard to keep them to a minimum.
- Our customers. As a sustainable marketing agency, clients work with us because of our values. However, while we will begin to run workshops and conduct research to educate our customers, we cannot control their actions. They are part of our Scope 3 emissions that we are constantly working on.
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