Environmental policy
Reducing the Taylor Fry footprint
Taylor Fry considers that sustainable operations should be viewed as a normal component of business, and to that end, has implemented a carbon neutrality programme across the business. Since 2006, Taylor Fry has been 100% carbon neutral through a clean energy and carbon offsets programme, as well as through firm-wide efforts to reduce energy usage. We purchase carbon credits to offset emissions caused by flights and paper use. Our company policy is to recycle everything and to minimise our use of finite resources.
The road to carbon neutrality
In 2004, Taylor Fry began the journey to carbon neutrality. That year we planted 700 trees as part of Planet Ark's National Tree Day near Bathurst to offset some of our greenhouse gas emissions during 2004. In 2005, we began purchasing green energy for our Melbourne office. In 2006, we planted a further 3000 trees to begin offsetting some of the greenhouse gas emissions dating to the start of the company in 1999 to the end of 2005.
From 1 January 2006, the Taylor Fry board of directors made the commitment to be a 100% carbon neutral company. In June 2006 we purchased clean energy credits to offset more than 200 tonnes of CO2 emissions deriving from TFCA energy use, plane and taxi travel and paper use for calendar year 2006. The electricity credits were 100% Green Power accredited, while those used for offsetting plane travel, paper consumption etc. were Gold Standard Kyoto compliant credits.
