Transparency International UK has a relatively small environmental impact. This policy is designed to minimise our environmental footprint. The target is 100% compliance in each area listed below. TI-UK will operate in compliance with all relevant environmental legislation, train, educate and inform its employees, interns and consultants about environmental issues that may affect their work, and make them aware of the policies in place.

Energy Use 

TI-UK shares an office space, and so has little direct control over energy use. However, in areas that it is able to control:

All IT equipment, including printers, monitors and scanners, should be shut down overnight (and not left in sleep mode)

Each individual is responsible for shutting down their personal equipment; the last staff member to leave the office at night is responsible for ensuring that printers and scanners are shut down.

Travel

• Public transport should be used whenever practicable.

Procurement

Apart from travel, TI-UK’s largest procurement expenditure is on printing. Our policy is that the highest environmental specifications should be sought within the constraints of cost and quality. It is the responsibility of those undertaking the procurement to ensure that they have examined the options and reached a decision based on this environmental policy.

• Printing: all printing will be sourced from environmentally-friendly printers (e.g. those with ISO 14001 accreditation); all paper must be FSC-certified, recycled or from sustainable sources. Where considerations of cost or quality make this impractical, the paper content should have the highest achievable percentage of sustainable or recycled paper that is possible within the constraints of cost or quality.
• The default setting for printers should be double-sided.
• Stationery: all office stationery (e.g. paper for printers) should be procured from environmentally-friendly sources.
• Other: in all other procurement, the default policy is that the highest environmental specifications should be sought within the constraints of cost and quality.

Waste & Recycling 

• All office waste should be recycled using the bins provided. 
• Employees are expected to use the bins provided for recycling other waste (e.g. drink and food containers).
• Any electronic or IT equipment should be disposed of in the most environmentally friendly manner that is achievable.