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CIPP’s climate change update: Top tips for being more sustainable
The CIPP’s business support coordinator, Amir Aziz ACIPP, encourages everyone to try and becomemore sustainable, and provides the top five tips to help in doing this
S o, it’s 2022, Covid-19 is finally starting to look like a thing of the past, and the world is starting to turn its attention to resolving its next big crisis. I know what you might be thinking, selecting the next Bond hero is already tearing families apart – better leave that to the experts. However, despite the mammoth task this is likely to be (my money’s on Idris Elba), I meant the other crisis – reducing the world’s carbon emissions and reversing the damage already caused. The CIPP has some positive news to share. The work being carried out towards our net zero targets contributed immensely to the CIPP’s recent success in the Best Companies’ ‘Best Companies to Work For 2022’ Q1 awards. The CIPP surpassed expectations by ranking 34th on the West Midlands regional list, climbing to fifth out of ten companies in the not-for-profit sector, and coming 39th in the small companies category. A huge factor in the company’s success related to the ongoing work being completed around our climate change initiative. Not only were we shown to be taking action towards achieving our net zero goals, but we were setting the example to others of what businesses should be doing to be more socially and environmentally aware. While we have
● innovation: creates new forms of collaboration between like-minded people and businesses ● participation: it provides people with a pathway towards volunteering ● inspiration: it models ideal behaviours to encourage others to follow in your footsteps. 5) Self-awareness Finally, greater self-awareness. Whether you have just started your journey or are making great strides towards change, taking active steps to continuously learn and adapt means you will inspire others to also make positive changes. A great starting point could be with calculating your own carbon emissions. Here at the CIPP, we found a great starting point was the World Wind Fund for Nature’s (WWF’s) ‘For Your World’ individual carbon calculator, which can be found here: http://ow.ly/Lt7Y30sbPJZ. It’s a simple five-minute survey that allowed our staff to start thinking about their own impact on the environment. I’ll leave you with a quote from our favourite green superhero, who has taken a break from defending the world from alien invaders, and turned his attention to more serious issues here on planet earth. Mark Ruffalo (commonly referred to as the Hulk): “Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody’s going to buy their way out of its effects.” n Get involved We would also like you to get involved. Why not send in what you or your company are doing to admin@cipp.org.uk , and be in with a chance of being featured in our next climate change article update? I look forward to reading all your submissions.
mere drop in the ocean that we refer to as climate change. Therefore, we recognise that by working together and sharing our knowledge with one another, we better contribute to directing the world to a better (and more sustainable) tomorrow. With this in mind, we thought it’d be nice to share a little of that wisdom with you, our members. Here are our top five tips on what you can do to be more sustainable: 1) Change to clean energy Using clean, renewable energy is one of the most important actions you can take to reduce your impact on the environment. Implementing changes, such as switching to a clean energy provider, changing to light- emitting diode lighting, and ensuring unused appliances are turned off are minor changes that lead to big, long-term savings. 2) Recycle Recycling reduces the need to grow, harvest or extract new raw materials from the earth. Therefore, less disruption to the natural environment will mean trees can continue to produce oxygen, animals are less likely to be displaced in their natural habitats and the natural flow of rivers is far less likely to be disturbed. 3) Transport – walkmore Encouraging more sustainable transport options, including walking, or riding a bike, contributes to a reduction in damaging carbon dioxide emissions, and therefore, to a reduction in pollution. This will mean improved air quality in cities. 4) Volunteer Volunteering in any form assists sustainable development in the following ways: ● inclusion: gives people the opportunity to be part of the bigger picture by helping the wider community
been making considerable progress in our goal of being net zero by 2035, the CIPP understands that our contribution is a
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