Oktra

Oktra, an award-winning office design company with a dynamic team of designers, builders and strategists, has achieved Planet Mark certification.

This is Oktra’s 12 year of business carbon footprint reporting and Planet Mark certification. Since certifying to Planet Mark, the company has set a target to reduce emissions by 5% annually.

Through Planet Mark, Oktra has protected an area of endangered rainforest thanks to Cool Earth; a charity working alongside rainforest communities to halt deforestation. Its pledge through Cool Earth goes directly towards supporting the Asháninka community in Central Peru.

It has also helped the Eden Project – an educational charity building connections with each other and the living world, exploring how we can work together towards a better future.

Oktra regularly engages its stakeholders in the benefits of a sustainable, future-proof office, for the climate and for the health, wellness and productivity of its occupiers. Through its involvement in WELL Building Certifications, by creating dynamic workspaces out of recycled and reused materials, the installation of efficient energy systems and implementing biophilic design principles, Oktra is walking the walk of sustainability and bringing change to its clients.

Property designers need to be more conscious of sustainability in the modern world. In the decade of climate action, businesses of all sizes will seek to improve their workspace for the environment, and for the betterment of their staff. The challenge for designers is two-fold. First, to keep up to date with the ever developing world of sustainable design, and second, to embody those principles into its own office and work practices.