How green is Christian Aid?
Christian Aid is probably now best described as light green. But it is getting greener by the day. We have committed to a five per cent year-on-year reduction in our CO2 emissions until 2020. Our carbon footprint from our global operations in 2006/07 was 4,010 metric tonnes of CO2. In 2006 we reduced our annual carbon footprint by eight per cent by switching to green energy supplier Ecotricity. We have installed motion-sensitive lighting to save power when rooms are not in use. We recycle our paper, cans, plastic bottles, mobile phones and computers. And when we must print documents, we print on both sides of paper. Our cleaners use eco-friendly products, our staff make their tea from water boiled in power-saving kettles, a bike-purchasing scheme has been introduced so staff can cycle to work, we have no air conditioning in our offices and the heating is switched off at 11am every day. These are just a few of the measures we have taken so far. We are auditing our paper usage so we can
