Sustainability

Our ambitious sustainability strategy includes embracing the circular economy, both within our business and helping business in sectors where a circular economy is fundamental to its future, such as within Metals.

Our smart Technology Hub has allowed us to ensure we are operating at optimal energy efficiency with the latest in energy-saving technology. We purchase all of our electricity from renewable sources.

We make measured decisions on why, how and where we travel, including providing more remote working opportunities to our team.

We buy goods and services with a  measured approach in terms of sustainability first, wherever possible. Understanding our supply chains and minimising carbon footprint are key.

We are actively working towards being carbon neutral on procured materials by 2050.

We will reduce our CO₂ emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero carbon by 2050. To support this ambitious goal, we’ve developed a series of objectives with targets and measures for each.

New company vehicles in future will all be electric, wherever practicable, with low-carbon equivalents for the rest.

Contributing to our local economy is of high importance to us: we work with local authorities to support the employment and training of local labour, whilst ensuring that our labour force has an opportunity to enhance their qualifications.

The development of our own iconsys Academy of Learning will provide a huge step in the right direction.

Employing people who are committed to improving sustainability, for both our customers and our business is a key focus during talent acquisition process.

We promote a healthy, diverse & inclusive workforce here at iconsys, in a number of different ways: the launch of our culture committee was a big part of delivering this, along with signing up to the Midlands Mental Health & Productivity Pilot and making the Mental Health at Work commitment.

This has been followed by training Mental Heath First Aiders, launching our Wellbeing Hub and counselling support offering.

Finally, we now have 6 trained Wellbeing Champions from all areas of the business to ensure everyone in the business has someone they can turn to.

We actively seek to provide automation solutions to clients that have high sustainability credentials, incorporating improved energy efficiency, using alternative energy sources and enhanced power management as part of of overall automation solution.

On top of the initial £1.5m investment in having a smart-tech headquarters, we are continually looking to enhance it’s green credentials.

We are currently:

• Investigating the installation of solar panels so we can generate our own renewable energy
• Setting up wildlife habitats on our premises to encourage biodiversity
• Encouraging staff to implement energy saving measures when working from home
• Investigating the use of grey water to reduce our overall water consumption
• Introducing a salary sacrifice scheme to enable staff to purchase Electric Vehicles