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Introducing The Green Committee

26/08/2011

On 18th May 2011 we were delighted to announce that Crabtree Property Management became one of the first carbon neutral residential managing agents in the UK after working with Carbon Footprint Limited and engaging in a carbon offsetting scheme.

Crabtree Property Management believes that accepting the principles of sustainability will be important to our continued growth in the property sector. With this in mind we have set up The Green Committee headed up by George Georgiou, the architect of Crabtree’s carbon neutral status.

The aim of The Green Committee is two fold:

- To manage the company’s ongoing carbon reduction programme internally
- To investigate services that can be offered to our clients which encourage sustainability

The committee will meet officially once a month to drive progress in the company’s green programme and has produced a newsletter that will be circulated within the Crabtree Property Group on a cyclical basis.

One of the first tasks of The Green Committee was to finalise the company’s environmental policy (below.)

We hope that going forward this latest innovation will prove beneficial to our clients, suppliers and business associates in an ever changing and demanding property market.

The Crabtree Group – Environmental Policy

The Crabtree Group are committed to reducing the impact its operations have on the environment.

We are committed to assessing and measuring our emissions, setting targets to reduce them and where this is not possible off-setting to ensure carbon neutrality.

We will raise awareness of environmental issues to all current and future clients within our portfolio to assist them in reducing their carbon emissions.

We will raise awareness of environmental issues to all our authorised contractors, to be considerate to the environment in the way in which they provide their service to our clients.

We will raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage our staff to support the target of continuing to reduce the emissions of The Crabtree Group.

An environmental strategy will be put in to practice to assist staff in supporting the above target which includes:

• Minimising waste by evaluating operations and ensuring they are as efficient as possible.
• Recommending solutions to reduce the amount of toxic emissions through the use and selection of travel means.
• Actively promote internal re-cycling.
• Encourage awareness of power-saving techniques including, switching off lights and computers when not in use.
• Using an accredited program to offset the greenhouse gas emissions generated by our activities
• Constantly reviewing our business travel practices and encouraging maximum usage of fuel efficient pool car and car sharing.

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