Environmental Policy

ARK coworking is committed to leading the industry in minimising the impact of its activities on the environment.

We aim to provide a quality service in a manner that ensures a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and minimises our potential damage to the environment.

We will operate in compliance with all relevant environmental legislation and we will strive to use pollution prevention and environmental best practices in all we do.

The key points of its strategy to achieve this are:

• Integrate the consideration of environmental concerns and impacts into our decision making and activities;

• Promote environmental awareness among our employees, members and guests and encourage them to work in an environmentally responsible manner;

• Communicate our environmental commitment to our members and the wider public and encourage them to support it;

• Minimise waste by evaluating our operations and ensuring they are as efficient as possible;

• Minimise energy and water use within our buildings and processes in order to conserve supplies and minimise the consumption of natural resources;

• Actively promote recycling both internally and amongst our members, guests and suppliers.

Purchasing Policy

When purchasing equipment, our staff is encouraged to consider;

• goods and services which can be manufactured, used and disposed of in an environmentally responsible way

• give preference, where items are of a similar cost, to those that are manufactured with a high recycled content

• specify items that can be recycled or reused

• consider the energy usage/cost of operating equipment prior to purchase, and opt for the lower energy consumption device where possible

• avoid electrical equipment powered by batteries

• purchase products with the highest energy star rating where possible, rating of C or above

• consider ‘whole life’ costs and impacts when assessing equipment for purchase, and expected lifetime.

See Our Impact pages for more on ethical procurement.