Reporting Boundary: Berkshire office
operations
Emission sources: electricity, elec T&D losses, natural gas, water, waste, commuting travel, paper
Reporting Period: 1 May 2019 –31 Apr 2020
We engage our employees and wider stakeholders to unlock their talent and knowledge to drive year on year progress in sustainability.
We recognise that transparent communication is essential for transformational change and we quantifiably contribute to 9 SDG’s.
Berkshire-based EllisKnight International has become a pioneer in the industry as the first recruitment agency to have achieved Planet Mark certification. In addition to their certification, EllisKnight has joined Planet Mark as a recruitment partner, where for each placement they donate to several global impact projects.
As an ethical recruitment organisation, EllisKnight International are fully committed to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, putting people and the planet before profit.
“We are delighted to have EllisKnight International join us at Planet Mark. The next generation of talent is increasingly conscious of their prospective employers’ environmental credentials. By working with likeminded individuals in both directions of its supply chain, EllisKnight International is propelling the sustainability agenda in the recruitment industry and beyond. The team’s enthusiasm in demonstrating the sustainable measures it has in place is remarkable, and the talk is backed up by some really robust policies. EllisKnight wants to do business differently and position itself as a leader in the recruitment industry, and it is well on the way to achieving these goals.”
“We are absolutely thrilled to now be a Planet Mark certified recruitment business. We are so lucky to have an amazing team who all understand the necessity for us all to do what we can to help the environment and as a result, we hope this makes us a better place to work too. It’s so important to us that we only partner with organisations that share these values.”
In addition to their pledge to measure and reduce their carbon footprint; EliisKnight International has become a recruitment partner for Planet Mark. For each new team member at Planet Mark placed by the agency, EllisKnight International donate to sustainable projects around the world.
Recent projects that have been donated on Planet Mark’s behalf have been access to e-Learning for children in India, access to training in sustainable farming; as well as planting trees to increase the forest cover in India.
As part of the Planet Mark certification, EllisKnight has committed to making a year-on-year reduction.
