Code 9 Security’s environmental achievements published in Hampshire Chamber’s Business Voice magazine
Code 9 Security has one simple mission, Protecting What Matters™. While this does mean our clients' people, property and reputation, it also means the environments and communities in which we operate.
In 2020, Code 9 Security joined many other organisations to declare a climate emergency. In doing so, we were not simply trying to follow a trend but critically evaluated our operation.
The first step was to measure our carbon emissions and broader environmental impact. Then, identify reasonable ways to reduce emissions, reduce waste, improve recycling, and achieve more sustainable practices.
As expected, most of our emissions came from our patrol and response assets. So we set out on a transformation plan, substituting the larger performance vehicles for smaller, lightweight and frugal vehicles while being conscious of ergonomics for our security officers. Today, we are exploring using electric and hybrid vehicles and installing rapid charging infrastructure at our logistics and operational hubs in Basingstoke, Salisbury and Southampton.
It is important to remember that sustainability and environmental friendliness is not just about carbon emissions but reducing waste, reusing materials and recycling.
We started by finding ways to reduce the waste we produced by digitising processes, removing plastic wherever possible and promoting the same through our supply chain.
Finding ways of reusing and repurposing waste was next on the list. We delivered this by working with strategic partners who assisted us in identifying quite a few ways of reducing waste to landfills and incineration. At the same time, we carefully reviewed our supply chain and only continued working with organisations that shared our environmental values and adopted recognised sustainable practices.
Having reduced our carbon emissions and adopted more sustainable practices, we needed to ensure a transparent way of reporting on our progress, and this is why we partnered with Ecologi. Working with recognised and certified schemes, Ecologi help us deliver our carbon offset programme and tree planting work in the UK and globally in places of need.
One of the new Code 9 Security fleet of Tesla electric response vehicles on deployment in Winchester, UK.
You can see our progress on our Ecologi dashboard. Using the Ecologi dashboard helps us keep our stakeholders informed on our progress and shows we live our values while promoting engagement with other businesses who share our vision.
We can now celebrate with great pride that Code 9 Security has achieved Net Zero and has gone further to ensure the business is climate positive. At the same time, we actively engage with partners like the UN Global Compact, Terra Carta, the SME Climate Hub and B Labs UK in their mission to promote sustainable practices.
Get in touch if you want to learn more about our journey to climate positivity or how we can protect what matters to you.
Call us on 03332 420 620.
