Greener Operations

Since 2011, Aldersgate Group has voluntarily monitored and reported on the climate and environmental impacts arising from the Secretariat carrying out its business across scopes 1, 2 and 3. We are proud to be an official Accelerator to the Race to Zero Campaign, as well as incentivising colleagues through our sustainable benefits schemes.

Aldersgate Group is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. This includes an interim target of a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030, in line with the Race to Zero Campaign. In FY2023-24 we re-baselined our emissions data using internationally accepted reporting standards, so the specific target will be for a 50% reduction between financial years 2023-24 and 2030-31.

Carbon reduction plan 2025-2030

As a small organisation, reporting carbon emissions is a significant undertaking, but we believe this reporting helps us to better understand the challenges associated with identifying sources of emissions and the barriers to producing high-quality reporting faced by our members, such as data gaps and changes to methodological processes. We are able to utilise this understanding when developing our policy recommendations, to ensure any polices implemented will spur action in a realistic and achievable way.

We have begun to identify opportunities for carbon emissions reductions and altered our business operations accordingly. For example, we have already minimised meetings-related travel by switching to online where appropriate, and have moved offices to be based within the Sustainable Ventures workspace in County Hall, just opposite Westminster, where a lot of our in-person meetings take place. We have created a sustainable procurement policy and continue to engage with our team and suppliers on making sustainable choices.

Additionally, the Aldersgate Group is proud to be a Climate Perks accredited employer. This means that we will give employees up to four days paid travel time a year if they elect to travel to their holiday destinations via land or sea rather than via air.

We are also members of Cyclescheme, encouraging our staff to travel to the workplace in an environmentally friendly way.

The Aldersgate Group is an official Accelerator to the Race to Zero campaign, a UN-backed global campaign to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions and investors for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery that prevents future threats, creates decent jobs and unlocks inclusive, sustainable growth.