Our staff-led Green Team plays a key role in driving environmental action across the organisation. The group promotes sustainable practices, supports continuous improvement in how we work and help foster a culture where environmental responsibility is embedded in everyday decision making. This includes sharing guidance, encouraging best practice and supporting colleagues through relevant environmental awareness training.
Our commitment to sustainability
We recognise the urgent challenge of climate change and are committed to operating as an environmentally responsible organisation. Our approach reflects our wider mission to deliver better outcomes for our animals, people and planet. This commitment is twofold: reducing the environmental impact of our organisational activities and protecting and enhancing the natural environments we manage.
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We manage approximately 70 hectares of grassland and over 250 acres of semi-ancient woodland across our reserves, providing important habitats for a range of wildlife and supporting natural carbon capture and storage.
We take a long-term, sustainable approach to land management, focusing on protecting and enhancing biodiversity, soil health, water systems, landscape character and historic features. This includes nature recovery initiatives such as our partnership work at Cove Down wildlife reserve, where collaborating with neighbouring landowners is supporting habitat restoration and ecological connectivity. Early results are encouraging, with woodland, scrub and grassland and the wetland habitats – all contributing to improved ecosystem resilience and natural carbon sequestration.
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We are committed to reducing our operational footprint through the use of renewable energy, waste reduction and responsible procurement. We actively encourage lower-carbon ways of working, including reducing unnecessary travel, prioritising virtual meetings where appropriate and choosing the most sustainable travel options when possible.
