Greener communications for a healthier planet

With “Sustainable by Design” at the heart of our Corporate Strategy here at Homes in Somerset, we are always looking for ways to reduce our impact on nature.

Following a meeting with our Service Improvement Group, the Communications Team reviewed the delivery of marketing materials, and it was agreed that a paperless e-bulletin for our customers would be launched – something we’re now happy to offer in conjunction with a print version of our Neighbourhood Matters newsletter every six months.

Where we do use print marketing materials, we work with We Are Resource, which is a “Carbon Balanced Printer” that works in partnership with the World Land Trust and uses FSC sustainable papers, as part of a commitment to being as green as possible.

By using carbon balanced paper between April 2024 and March 2025, Homes in Somerset has balanced, through the World Land Trust,the equivalent of 766kg of CO2, which will enable World Land Trust to protect 146m2 of critically threatened tropical forest.

You can read more about the World Land Trust scheme here – Carbon Balanced with World Land Trust