Environmental policy

Waste & recycling
Purchasing
Travel
Supporting environmental projects
Participation in the “Go Green” National Campaign

At Units Consulting Ltd., Accounting firm in Ukraine, we believe that by helping the environment, everyone can look forward to a much cleaner, better future.

We recognise that our activities impact on the environment. We aim to reduce this through conducting business in an environmentally responsible manner, as part of our approach to Corporate Social Responsibility.

Units Consulting Ltd. don’t just think Green, we act Green.

Waste & recycling

We seek to keep wastage of materials to a minimum. We provide all our staff with access to facilities to enable them to recycle waste including paper, plastics, dry waste, electrical items and toner/ink cartridges in a responsible manner.

Purchasing

As far as practicable and cost effective, we consider the purchase of products and services which cause the least harm to the environment.

Travel

We look to minimise the travel impacts of our business on the local and wider environment. All staff are encouraged to use public transport to travel to our offices and to the offices of our clients. We encourage staff to car share where that is the only feasible mode of transport available.

We avoid unnecessary business travel by encouraging the use of telephone, email and meetings conference call facilities as well as electronic communication.

Supporting environmental projects

As partner of IBM's World Community Grid we support following environmental projects: Computing for Clean Water and Harvard Clean Energy Project.

More details about the World Community Grid, as well as our contribution statistics, can be seen on our Corporate Social Responsibility webpage.

Participation in the “Go Green” National Campaign

The importance of the actions needed to tackle environmental issues is increasingly recognized all over the world, and Ukraine is of no exception to this trend. Especially considering that Ukraine is the world’s most energy inefficient country.

The “Go Green” is a national campaign initiated by UN in Ukraine under the auspices of Global Compact in July 2008. This initiative has the objective to raise awareness on ecological issues, promote changes in individual and corporate attitude to them and also reinforce the dialogue on climate change with participation of Government, business and public sector.

We comply with all relevant Ukrainian laws, regulations and codes of conduct relating to the environment. We ensure that our staff are aware of the environmental impact of their work and encourage them to minimise this impact.