How can businesses reduce emissions?

Want to reduce emissions? Here are a few green tips to help you become an eco-friendly business.

Creating a recycling plan

UK legislation is becoming tougher on businesses about their carbon footprints. The UK is trying to reach its net zero goals, so one of the best things that you could do is develop a recycling scheme.

A recycling scheme in your office will basically help your employees to be as sustainable as possible. Your scheme should be able to lower the amount of waste you create, including the consumption of plastic, packaging, energy from electrical appliances, and food wrapping.

Encourage your employees to think about the waste they’re producing in their daily activities. For instance, can you use recycled paper instead of buying new paper for your printer? You could also move writing tasks to a digital medium; that way you could go paperless altogether! This will help you save money as you create less waste.

Reusing waste products

Have you heard of the three r’s? The three r’s are ‘reduce’, ‘reuse’ and ‘recycle’. If you’re going to focus on any of these, make sure you look into reuse. Look at your waste and the excessive clutter or recycling processes in your office. Think about how you can reuse your items. Let’s say you run an eCommerce business and buy a lot of packaging for posting your products. Could you use recycled paper packaging or even compostable packaging that can be used in soil after its intended use?

You could also think about buying old or vintage office furniture. That means your office space can become more eco-friendly and you will also have furniture in your office that looks unique.

Renewable energy

Nowadays, there is a variety of providers that can offer renewable energy for your company. Speak to your current provider and ask them about what sort of energy plans are available for you to try.

If they don’t have a plan available that uses renewable energy, you may want to leave that provider. You can get them to confirm that they use renewable energy. Look at their fuel mix and see if it is a green resource. It’s possible that some providers may end up offsetting your overall usage. Try to avoid them and look for providers that offer renewable energy.

Office equipment

One of the easiest ways that you can lower your business’s emissions is to invest in sustainable office equipment. Not only should you focus on making your office work in the digital sphere, including with online communications, meetings, scheduling, and documents, but you can look into installing LED lights in your current lighting systems.

These should help you save energy and you can even turn them off if it’s a sunny day. You should also remind your staff to do this. As well as this, you can turn off your thermostat during hotter days and try and use kitchen appliances or technology that has a high energy rating or an energy-saving mode. One of the best things about doing this is that it’s a cost-effective way of utilising equipment, so you will save money while becoming more sustainable.

Eco-friendly self-storage

Another way that you can reduce your emissions and become an eco-friendlier company is to start using self-storage. If you are cleaning up your office, you may end up making a lot of waste that goes into a landfill. Instead of doing this, you could utilise self-storage to go through your items and place them in a new space. This should give you a good amount of time to consider what you can sell and reuse.

Nowadays, there are even self-storage units that offer a variety of sustainable features installed. This includes renewable energy sources, like solar panels and eco-friendly LED lighting. You can even have passive building techniques available that can optimise your self-storage unit.

Magenta’s green commitments

Magenta Self Storage is an excellent, eco-friendly enterprise that you should look at if you’re interested in finding the best self-storage unit. Not only do we have electric vehicle e-charging points, but we go for a carbon-neutral approach. That’s why we support local communities and continuously try to make sustainable changes for the environment, including implementing initiatives that focus on renewable energy, solar panels and paperless procedures. Find out more about our green commitment.

To put it in the words of our passionate owner:

“Since launching Magenta in the early 2000s, I have seen the world change. It is incredibly important that we build a legacy of this brand so that my children’s children can look back and know we have made monumental steps in helping to save our planet. We continue to strive for new ways in which we can become more sustainable.”

We also have a tree planted for every new customer that works with us, in order to combat the effects of deforestation. We support a variety of charities, from local hospices to Cancer Research UK. There are also a number of different organisations to help with our environmental initiatives, including Box Aid in the Acton store, the RSPCA in Nottingham, and Alan’s Africa in Banbury.”

Are you ready to make a difference?

If you’re ready to become an eco-friendlier business, it’s clear that you understand the responsibility you have when it comes to lowering your carbon footprint. Businesses create a lot of waste and additional emissions. That’s why you need to start thinking about what you’re accountable for when it comes to your company’s sustainability plans.

You don’t have to make large changes. Instead, slowly build up by making smaller changes, like creating a recycling plan, or asking employees to use less paper. This will all lead up to reducing your carbon footprint.

If part of your green commitment is to support other eco-friendly businesses and to utilise a self storage unit, we at Magenta Self Storage would love to help you. Rest assured that you are partnering with an eco-conscious business that shares your morals. Browse our locations to find your nearest Magenta Self Storage facility or call 0800 802 1360 to speak to our friendly team about your requirements.