Altis Environment Policy

Altis Consulting believes that it is the responsibility of every organisation and individual
to play an active role in reducing their impact on the world’s environment. To that end, Altis has proactively taken steps to become a more environmentally responsible corporate citizen. These practical and tangible steps include:

Utilising technology to minimise travel for business
It is Altis’s intent to minimise intercity and intracity travel for business and so minimise travel-related carbon emissions. To that end, technology is being used to facilitate meetings that in the past would have required travel. Altis have invested in phone and web conferencing technology to support remote meetings.

Purchasing carbon offsets for business flights
Every business flight booked for Altis staff includes the purchase of carbon offsets.

Purchasing GreenPower (renewable energy)
Altis entered into a contract in Feb 2009 to purchase GreenPower equivalent to 100% of the fossil fuel based energy we consume in each office. This equates to over 110,000kWh of renewable energy being added back to the grid each year.

Implementing a "3R policy" in each office
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle make up the 3R policy. Each Altis office is taking action locally to implement the 3R policy. This includes:

• Implementing energy efficiency measures.
• Re-using materials such as computer equipment (or donating functional equipment to charity).
• Working with our landlords to provide improved recycling facilities.

Getting our hands dirty
Each Altis office has a team social event every two months. Our next round of social events will have a green tinge with tree planting being a major aspect.

 

An Altis “Green Team” has been established to oversee the implementation of this policy at the local office level.