Today marks the start of Scotland’s Climate Week, an annual event from Net Zero Scotland to raise awareness of the global climate emergency and encourage climate action across the country. In this blog, Emma Thomas our Sustainability and Climate Change Manager, shares some examples of how we’re taking action to help Scotland reach net zero emissions by 2045. Making changes to how and where we … Continue reading Working towards a low carbon future
Blog post by Sustainability & Climate Change manager at RoS, Emma Thomas. Last year we published our Sustainability and Climate Change strategy 2021-2026. At the heart of this is our pledge to meet net-zero for direct greenhouse emissions by 2040 and indirect emissions by 2045. RoS has committed to embedding sustainability in every business decision we make; we will reduce our environmental impact and build … Continue reading RoS reuses
As a public body, we have a responsibility to operate in a way that’s sustainable and reduce our environmental impact wherever possible. A crucial part of this is engaging our people so that firstly, they’re aware of our environmental responsibilities and secondly, they can play an active role in helping us operate sustainably. This is where our ‘Go Greener’ activities come in! To build on … Continue reading How we’re going greener in 2019
As a public body, we’re keenly aware of our environmental responsibilities. Readers of our most recent annual report, for example, will have noticed that in 2017-18 we delivered a 68 percent carbon emission saving in our Glasgow office, as well as a 16 per cent saving in paper usage across the entire organisation. Also in 2018 we’ve hired our first Sustainability Manager, who you can … Continue reading How we’re going greener this October
On 24 March 2018 Registers of Scotland will be switching off all the lights in our Glasgow and Edinburgh offices as part of Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a global movement which brings millions of people together to call for greater action on the devastating effects of climate change. Earth Hour is an important symbolic action to help raise awareness, but we’re also taking practical … Continue reading RoS dims the lights for WWF Earth Hour
Blog post by Andrew Gilchrist, communications officer at the Registers of Scotland. At Registers of Scotland we understand the importance of environmental responsibility in everything we do – here’s five recent developments that show how we’re working to reduce our carbon footprint and encourage everyone to think green. St Vincent Plaza The move of our Glasgow office to St Vincent Plaza has been a catalyst … Continue reading 5 ways we’re reducing our carbon footprint
