Voluntary Action Islington is committed to sustainability - of both the physical environment and civil society
We should not destroy valuable resources that we might never
be able to replace. At the resource centre we operate on Pentonville Road we
therefore took advantage of the comprehensive eco-audit offer which was part of
the Greening the Third Sector project run by City Bridge.
Following the audit we have implemented changes ourselves.
These include reducing electricity consumption and switching to a maintenance
contractor who travels by bike. We have also made resources available to others
on our website.
We were therefore pleased to enter the Sustainable
City Awards and attended a great evening at the Mansion House, where
we met many people from businesses and charities who are putting into practice
environmentally sustainable initiatives.
For me it was surprising to find that quite small initiatives
could make a big difference. For example one of the runners up was the “shut
the shop door campaign”-a campaign that resulted in both energy saving and
improving conditions for people working in shops.
It was noticeable that charities were represented across the
award categories. And I learnt that currently the main area of growth in the
economy is in products and services promoting environmental sustainability.
Mike Sherriff (Chief Executive)
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