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 we undertake, including reviewing our suppliers and their environmental footprint.

Our Design Studio 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 only print when 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 it’s 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 our 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 necessary.
• All inkjet cartridges are recycled.

Transportation

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

Communications

• We have our design studio team prioritise the use of video conferencing to avoid unnecessary travel to meetings.

Reducing, reusing and recycling

• All office paper is recycled wherever possible.

For example, we reuse paper which has already been printed on one side, for draft documents.

Print and paper suppliers

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

All waste products recycled, including waste paper.