Sustainability Policy.

Specific Company Actions 

Offsetting:  We have funded a project planting 646 trees with the help of Ecologi, check out our company page https://ecologi.com/lyrastudios. This compensates for our workforce’s carbon footprint. They only buy carbon credits that meet industry-leading carbon standards – primarily the Gold Standard https://www.goldstandard.org/ . Please see the basic criteria for an approved project at both standards: https://carbonco.com.au/what-are-vcs-and-the-gold-standard/ .

Responsible sourcing
We prioritise sourcing materials, products and services locally wherever practical and work with local suppliers wherever possible. This helps us support local businesses while reducing unnecessary transportation and associated environmental impact.

Materials & Waste
We aim to minimise waste throughout the production process by making considered purchasing decisions and avoiding unnecessary or single-use materials where practical. Existing materials, equipment and production assets are reused or repurposed wherever suitable rather than purchasing new items unnecessarily.

At the end of a production, we seek to retain and reuse materials and assets wherever possible. Where this is not practical, we aim to recycle or dispose of materials responsibly through appropriate waste streams, with the intention of minimising the amount sent to general waste.

Paperless: we have gone paperless in the office. We use cloud storage and take electronic minutes from meetings. 

Travel: Our small team cycles or takes the tube to and from the office. We minimise business travel through web conferencing, email, and other low-emission communications. 

Cycle to work scheme: https://www.bike2workscheme.co.uk/. We’ve made sure our premises is set up for cyclists, by fitting bicycle storage and cycle hoops.

WFH: we allow employees to choose to work from home whenever possible, this can improve job satisfaction as well as travel emissions.

We are always looking for new, innovative, and useful techniques to reduce our carbon footprint, so please reach out if you have any tips!

ClimatePartner 

When requested, for our events and activations, we use ClimatePartner, our preferred sustainability auditing partner, and offset emissions through their projects. 

Measure, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Reclaim, Rent, Offset, Label and Communicate. 

Measure: we use ClimatePartner to calculate the total scope of 1, 2 and 3 carbon emitted at an event. We offset the emissions calculated through their offsetting projects.

Reduce: by being conscious of the choices we make and their effects on the environment, we can reduce our carbon footprint and cut back on the amount of waste we produce. 

Reuse: where possible we reuse materials from past brand activations instead of throwing them away.

Repair: any damaged items are repaired in-house or sent to our trusted suppliers to lengthen their lifespan. 

Rent: if we don’t have a specific product in stock, we prefer to rent the desired product rather than buy it outright. This provides us access to the highest quality products while minimising our environmental impact. 

Offset: once we have exhausted all the methods above, any residual waste and carbon emissions are offset.