Environment

We have a cross firm environmental group leading our initiatives in this area. This group is responsible for tracking our performance and leading on the design and implementation of the actions that we need to take to improve. 

The group is also responsible for promoting environmentally conscious decision-making at the firm. This includes how the actions we each take can help to reduce our collective consumption of materials and energy and improve the environment in the areas where we live and work.

Some of the actions we are taking include:

• Monitoring our emissions annually: To track our performance and hold ourselves accountable to reducing our impact each year.
• Annual resource and emission reductions: Introducing an increasing number of measures to reduce our negative impact on the environment such as lower electricity use, increasing use of sustainable materials, moving toward local supply chains, reducing commuting and business travel – and much more.
• Investing in sustainability: Financial investment in projects that negate our C02 emissions through, for example, tree planting; as well as giving £6k to support the next generation of ocean guardians at Plymouth University’s globally recognised Marine Institute.
• Volunteering: 2 days of volunteering available for every Ashfords employee
• The Ocean Conservation Trust: Through our three-year, three charity programme – supporting the Ocean Conservation Trust with fundraising and volunteering initiatives.
• Employee benefits: Offering employee benefits and initiatives that help to reduce our environmental impact, such as our Cycle to Work scheme and electric car charging ports.