Somewhere Uncharted Ltd; operate in a manner that we believe minimises our impact on the environment. This policy covers all aspects of our design agency work; from day-to-day processes, to recycling, meetings, travel, purchasing and many other activities that we undertake, including reviewing our suppliers and their environmental footprint.

Our Design Agency Working practices

• We switch off all appliances when not in use.
• Our computers have energy-saving settings optimised for periods of inactivity.
• We utilise electronic communication whenever possible, and we only print copy where essential, reducing our ink and paper usage to the minimum.

Lighting, heating and water

• We only use low energy LED lighting.
• We turn off lighting when its not in use and make the most of natural lighting.
• We only use heating as necessary and set appropriate temperature settings.
• We only use the water we need – for example, to boil a kettle.
• Doors and windows are kept shut if heating needs to be on.
• We ensure heating is not in use when the office is closed or unoccupied.

Paper, printing and photocopying

• We ask our design agency team to minimise hard copy production.
• Double-sided printing is practised so we minimise waste.
• We print in mono rather than colour unless absolutely necessary.
• All inkjet cartridges are recycled.

Transportation

• Where practical we utilise public transport and if possible, we walk or cycle to attend meetings with our clients. 

Communications

• We have our design agency team prioritise the use of video conferencing so avoiding unnecessary travel to meetings.

Reducing, reusing and recycling

• All office paper is recycled wherever possible.

For example we reuse paper that’s already printed on one side for draft documents.

Print and paper suppliers

• We seek to engage suppliers who follow the same or similar principles to ourselves.

All waste products recycled, including waste paper.