REPIC is committed to reduce, or where this is not practical, minimise, any adverse impact our activities may have on the environment. Work-related travel, which comprises both business-travel and employees commuting to work, can have a negative environmental impact which we are committed to manage in order to maintain a high standard of overall environmental performance.
Any relevant Government Guidance in force that places restrictions on office attendance or specifies how work-related travel must be undertaken takes precedent, otherwise, to manage the environmental impact of work-related travel, where practicable we will:
1. Minimise employee car travel in undertaking REPIC business through:
- Maintaining designated geographical areas for operational employees
- Arranging meetings in locations central for attendees and / or accessible by public transport
- Encouraging car-sharing for business related travel
- Supporting employee use of public transport when attending off-site meetings
- Supporting efficient travel arrangements through providing overnight accommodation to avoid unnecessary journeys home
- Providing and promoting online meeting or teleconferencing facilities as an alternative to travel to meetings; and continue assessing benefits of evolving technologies to reduce this further
- Developing prior approval processes where employees are considering plane journeys within the UK
- Amending our new employee environmental training presentation to specifically include REPIC’s travel policies
- Offer a cycle to work scheme for employees
2. Minimise the travel required by people with whom REPIC works through:
- Considering the optimal travel solution for participants when organising REPIC Board meetings
- Using local suppliers and sub-contractors to provide goods and services to REPIC
- Arranging meetings in locations central for attendees and / or accessible by public transport
- Where appropriate conducting on-line meetings or teleconferencing in preference to face to face meetings
3. Minimise employee commuting by car through:
- Operating a cycle to work scheme, enabling employees to purchase a bike they can use to cycle to work
- Implementing flexible working hours enabling employees to schedule their working day in accordance with public transport timings, car sharing, or when roads are less congested
- Issuing all employees with laptops and other necessary IT equipment to provide the flexibility for home-working
- Promote appropriate national days where employees are encouraged to leave their car at home including Clean Air Day, Bike to Work Day and Walk to Work day
