Environmental commitment
Our goal is to make renewable energy available to everyone. We’d like to supply 100% renewable energy to all of our customers but there just isn’t enough to go around. We’ve increased the amount in our standard tariff so more people can do their bit for the environment and enjoy great value. We also offer a 100% renewable tariff for those who want to do even more. That’s the one that we use at Ovo as part of our environmental responsibility programme.
Doing our bit
At our office, the Ovo Barn in Gloucestershire, we’re striving to minimise our carbon footprint. By the end of our first year we pledge to be carbon neutral. So making sure we’re doing things in the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly way possible is an important consideration in all the decisions we take as our business grows.
Measuring our environmental impact
Measuring our environmental impact is the first step to finding ways to be more efficient and setting targets to improve. We will publish our environmental impact and performance each year in an impact report.
We’re also working towards achieving the Carbon Trust Standard, which is awarded to organisations which measure, manage and reduce their carbon footprint www.carbontruststandard.com
Green champions
To encourage our team to be as energy efficient as possible, we’ve appointed a number of ‘green champions’.
On top of their main job whether it be helping answer customers’ questions, marketing or research, our champions make sure we’re all doing our bit to reduce our impact on the environment. They also work together to come up with new initiatives and keep tabs on our progress. See our hints and tips for a greener office for some of the ways we try to lessen the environmental impact of office life.