Conscious cooling 5 January 2015 We have fan-assisted heat extraction which requires no refrigeration gases to cool our building. Overnight, the fans expel hot air collected in the ceiling space. However, as we are seeing … Read more
Satisfied Customers 5 January 2015 We monitor the score that you give us for customer service every year and hope to always improve on this. We still read every comment that clients make on our … Read more
Water Meters Installed 5 January 2015 We’ve installed water meters to monitor our usage with a goal of lowering our water and energy usage.
Home Working Introduced 5 January 2015 Created a home-working provision to reduce commuting emissions and improve our staff’s work/life balance. This is available to all employees whose jobs aren’t dependent on being in the warehouse. [VMI … Read more
Water Coolers Eradicated 5 January 2013 We eradicated bottled water deliveries, installing a mains-fed water cooler instead at our Acton base. This supplies ground-cooled filtered tap water fountain cutting transport emissions, plastic-creation and electricity consumption.
Eco flooring 5 January 2012 The floors of the warehouse are installed with Ecotiles, insulating the space. Made from recycled Tetrapaks, Ecotiles are 100% recyclable after their lifespan of 20 years, contain no toxic materials, … Read more
LED Lighting Installed 5 January 2012 We installed LED lights through our London facility. These offer a better quality of light, are less tiring to staff than fluorescent, as well as reducing electricity by approximately 90% … Read more
Towel Waste Eradicated 5 January 2011 We eradicated towel waste, having installed Dyson Blade hand driers in toilets in both VMI buildings. Hand dryers reduce our carbon emissions compared to paper towels by up to 70%. … Read more
Eradicated Using Canned Air 5 January 2011 We installed a compressor to distribute pumped, filtered air around the building. Before this, we were buying around 200 cans of pressurised air annually. We stopped this and installed compressors … Read more
Paid Internships Introduced 5 January 2010 We introduced a paid three-month internship programme which provided significant camera training and a route into the TV industry for those with little or some experience. Over half of our … Read more
Introduce Cycle to Work Scheme 5 January 2009 The Cycle to Work scheme allows staff to buy decent bikes without the large upfront pay out. We’re proud to be a part of it. Three of our London team … Read more
Introduce No-cost Flexible Deliveries 5 January 2009 We introduce free-of charge non time-specific deliveries in order to create more multiple drop trips significantly reducing in our transport-created emissions.
Commenced Client Surveys 5 January 2008 Client Satisfaction Surveys – Your opinion is so important to us we introduced sending clients annual client satisfaction surveys, publishing these on our website. We read all feedback (good and … Read more
Web Guides Enhanced 5 January 2008 Film technology changes fast. We offer free, continued professional development videos and guides to the industry. There’s a wealth of knowledge on our Learn & Help page and we’ve made … Read more
Began Producing Web Guides 5 January 2007 We began producing web guides covering the transition to HD and then extended this to lighting, cinematography and other subjects in order to spread good practice and technological developments within … Read more
Noise Disturbance Minimised 5 January 2005 We have always worked towards minimising noise disturbance caused by our business to neighbours. As we transition to electric vehicles this will improve even further.
Set up Screening Theatre for Presentations 5 January 2004 Amazingly, we even set up our own 19 seat screening theatre at our 19 D’Arblay Street Soho office, so that we could present our ‘HD for Producers’ seminar every week. … Read more
Began Running Workshops 5 January 2004 We began running workshops to promote solid state production workflows to the industry. [Solid-state workflow course given in Soho, circa 2004]
Began using Tapeless Technology 5 January 2004 We began promoting the environmental merits of tape-less technology reducing stock waste to begin early migration from tape-based production. This included producing internet guides and also running workshops to help … Read more
Recycling of Old Batteries 5 January 2000 All our batteries are retired from service and sent back to the manufacturer, either Anton/Bauer or Hawk-Woods for recycling. Anton/Bauer has partnered with Call 2 Recycle to recycle their batteries. … Read more