Our footprint

As well as our projects doing social good, we also seek to live up to our principles in our activity for our own account. We strive:

• To make our activities as environmentally benign as possible
• Fairness in procurement
• To be a responsible employer

Our direct carbon footprint

• We work to reduce the impact of our activities on climate change. By 2012 we have cut our per capita carbon dioxide emissions from internal operations by 37% since 2007, and in so doing; we have exceeded our reduction target of 20% reduction by 2020 well ahead of schedule. We continue to seek further progress.
• We purchase electricity from renewable sources (hydropower, wind power and biomass) since 2007
• We encourage staff to use public or clean transport;
• We work to reduce levels of energy consumption
• We actively pursue better waste and recyclables management
• We raise staff awareness through internal communication

Sustainable procurement

We are actively reviewing procurement procedures for our own account and will be incorporating environmental and social factors in line with the EU Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts and the Buying Green Handbook on green public procurement published by the European Commission in 2011. All goods, works and services contracts will include considerations for environmental and social impacts of the activities performed under the contract.

We are committed to the fundamental EU principles regarding public procurement:

• equal treatment
• non-discrimination
• transparency