We at Chancellors believe in striving to do better and constantly improving our business in order to provide outstanding services. We have been working in the property market for over 200 years now, and there are some big changes that have happened over the span of our company lifetime that we have welcomed into the way that we operate.
Here are a few ways that our offices and company have taken steps in order to become more eco-friendly and to help lessen our carbon footprint.
As a leading independent Estate Agency with 55+ networked offices in Southern England and Mid Wales, Carbon Neutral Britain identified that the main emissions from our company occur from our total on-site energy usage. But with the help of CNB, who measured and calculated the total emissions that we produced last year, we have now been able to offset our environmental impact of 2021 this Spring.
Robert Scott-Lee, Managing Director of Chancellors said: “We are very excited to offset our carbon emissions and to be able to become a certified Carbon Neutral Company. Our partnership with Carbon Neutral Britain is a step in the right direction of becoming a greener company.”
Thanks to our relationship with Carbon Neutral Britain, we have offset 442.92 tonnes Co2e Emissions by helping donate to the Climate Fund Portfolio of verified carbon offsetting projects around the world. You can find out more about Carbon Neutral Britain here.
We’ve gone Carbon Neutral 2022!
We are very excited to announce that we have started a partnership with Carbon Neutral Britain and are now officially a certified Carbon Neutral company. James Poynter, Director of Carbon Neutral Britain said: “We are delighted to partner with Chancellors to help identify and offset their environmental impact from 2021 and beyond.” We started talks with Carbon Neutral Britain in 2021 and we here at Chancellors are all ecstatic that we have now been fully certified as Carbon Neutral.
As a leading independent Estate Agency with 55+ networked offices in Southern England and Mid Wales, Carbon Neutral Britain identified that the main emissions from our company occur from our total on-site energy usage. But with the help of CNB, who measured and calculated the total emissions that we produced last year, we have now been able to offset our environmental impact of 2021 this Spring.
Robert Scott-Lee, Managing Director of Chancellors said: “We are very excited to offset our carbon emissions and to be able to become a certified Carbon Neutral Company. Our partnership with Carbon Neutral Britain is a step in the right direction of becoming a greener company.”
Thanks to our relationship with Carbon Neutral Britain, we have offset 442.92 tonnes Co2e Emissions by helping donate to the Climate Fund Portfolio of verified carbon offsetting projects around the world. You can find out more about Carbon Neutral Britain here.
Recycling our old IT Equipment
On the back of our special announcement about our new partnership with Carbon Neutral Britain, we are in talks with a charitable organisation who specialise in recycling old IT equipment, which will help us become 0% Tech Waste, further offsetting our Carbon Waste and working towards a 0% landfill policy. This will in turn, help us to support a number of charities, as the recycled technology/old PC parts are either passed onto those who need them directly, or sold and the proceeds donated to them. It’s truly a great cause and fantastic way to help these charities and to also aid us as a company in our journey of becoming more eco-friendly.Our Boards
You may have seen some of our boards up and about in your area, advertising properties for sale, for let, events and more. We use two certified fully carbon neutral companies to both supply and carry out the installation of all of our boards across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Surrey, London, Herefordshire, Wiltshire and Mid Wales. Kremer Signs, which are the largest producer of boards in the UK, use fluted boards which are made from recycled products and plastics and the boards themselves are completely recyclable! We also work with Agency Express, who carry out the installation of estate agent boards across the UK and who are also fully Carbon Neutral and invest in Reforestation, Deforestation Prevention and Woodland Management Projects. All of our boards are recycled and re-used to help further reduce our company carbon emissions.
Our Energy Usage
We use LED lighting where possible in our offices (with more being installed every month!) We are undergoing a company refurbishment in relation to what types of lights we use, and our current goal is to have full LED lighting across all of our London offices by the end of June 2022. LED lights are designed to last longer than traditional light bulbs meaning that fewer bulbs are made, which leads to less resources in manufacturing and transporting bulbs are needed, benefiting the environment. They also do not need to be replaced as often. LEDs waste less energy than the conventional styles of bulbs and can be up to 80% more energy efficient than the standard light bulb*. Our supplier, Quicklight, are accredited with ISO 14001 for their environmental policies and procedures which includes all lamps to be recycled under the WEE directive using the Recolight scheme. We may not have all of our branches fitted with the eco-friendly lights just yet, but we are taking active measures to have full LED lighting in our offices in the near future.Our Branded Marketing Materials
Our promotional marketing materials that we use are manufactured and supplied by BMM Ltd, which is a member of ecologi.com. They pay a monthly subscription to support growing new forests, reduce carbon pollution and fund climate projects. Their subscription to carbon reducing companies has helped them to plant 743 trees over 12 months and helped support Climate projects such as Preserving Amazonian rainforest in Brazil and The Solar Power Generation in Tamil Nadu and Telangana, India.
