Sustainability

Appleyard Lees is proud to have achieved CarbonNeutral® status

CarbonNeutral® company certification means that Appleyard Lees has followed The CarbonNeutral Protocol to make a clear, credible, transparent claim of our carbon neutral action.

Having calculated our carbon footprint, our aim now is to reduce it to zero by implementing in-house efficiency measures. 

Our chosen projects

We are also investing in external emissions reduction projects that deliver positive environmental impact and align with our charitable mission to support organisations that innovate to make life better. Our chosen projects are:

Offset emissions

To offset the emissions we can’t reduce internally, Appleyard Lees will provide critical finance for these projects, enabling reductions to be delivered now. Emission reduction achieved by these projects has been independently validated and verified.

These projects benefit local communities further as follows:

• Renewable energy creates jobs
• Solar household devices give energy access to low-income households
• Cutting air pollution benefits respiratory health
• Protecting and creating forests also conserves biodiversity