Community, social and environmental impact
A climate-positive workforce powering social change
At Lightful, we take great care to minimise our impact on the environment and treat employees and partners fairly
Our impact
Impact for clients, not on community or climate
The B Corp certification process gave us a framework we could use to review the impact of our operations. We reflected on the impact we have on our team, our clients and the wider community and considered how our day-to-day actions impacted the planet.
As a result, we changed the way we purchase and use office supplies and how we dispose of waste. We now focus on working with suppliers aligned with our missions, values and environmental goals, and have explored how to reduce or remove our digital impact.
We choose to support charities and other purpose-led businesses whenever we have the opportunity. Our team socials and activities put charity awareness and donations front and centre, from a festive MIND Crafternoon event to a February active challenge that saw donations to ten charities chosen by our team.
Lightful is a Living Wage Employer
The real Living Wage is a UK wage rate that is voluntarily paid by 7,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a wage which meets everyday needs. Over 250,000 UK employees have received a pay rise as a result of the Living Wage campaign, and you can learn more on their website.
95.1%
of employees agreed that Lightful's leadership team has demonstrated employee health and wellbeing is a top priority
9.8/10
Escape the city employee rating
100%
of employees said they were satisfied that Lightful is supportive of their wellbeing and productivity during home working
Less carbon, more trees
Through the Ecologi Action Initiative, we’ve helped fund 28 gold-standard certified global carbon reduction projects and the planting of over 20,000 trees in reforestation and mangrove projects in Madagascar, Mozambique and Nicaragua.
20,148
Trees planted through our employee carbon offset programme
1,678.93T
CO2e offset through 28 global carbon reduction projects
31 months
Climate positive workforce for 31 months, as at April 2022
Healthy habits, healthy planet
In 2020 the Lightful team was invited to take part in a pledge campaign to encourage healthier habits for people and the planet. The 203 pledges confirmed by our team equated to savings of the equivalent of 49 flights from Glasgow to Amsterdam.
295,497L
Water saved
2,869kg
Carbon saved
27,403kg
Waste saved
Policies that protect the planet
Our sustainability champions group has allowed individuals from across our team to help generate ideas and lead the way on improving our environmental impact. This has led to initiatives including:
Home working
Information related to sustainability for home working
Design
A blog on sustainable web design
Team session
Improving the environmental impact of our technology
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