Sustainable Business Practice Case Study - Corporate Risk Systems Ltd

As a Health, Safety and Environmental Consultancy and Training Organisation Corporate Risk Systems where looking for a way to demonstrate their environmental credentials and tackle some of their environmental impacts. The organisation decided that a Carbon Reduction and Offset programme, would deliver environmental improvements and raise the profile of its environmental services. In 2005 the organisation set about developing an internal carbon management plan, carbon footprinting calculation and offset programme with a third party verified organisation. CRS is possibly the first environmental consultancy to offset its carbon footprint, and has continued to Offset its footprint every year since. The Offset programme logo was published on all of the organisations emails, newsletters and training materials. In 2009 the organisation the organisation used the Think Global, Act Local ethos, to celebrate its tenth Anniversary supporting habitat creation in the National Forest where Corporate Risk Systems is based, and also supported the Pacific Whale Foundation, through the sponsorship of dual branded promotional materials.  These initiatives supported key marketing messages for the expansion of the range of the organisations environmental training and consultancy services. The approach paid dividends in 2010 organisation when the organisation won a global oil and gas sector contract, a major contract in the emergency services sector,  expanded its delivery of open courses, and was acknowledged by being a finalist in the 'Most Effective Environmental or Green Initiative' category of the Burton Mail Business Awards 2010.