[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center|color:%23756962″ google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” el_class=”textworks_heading_subtitle”][vc_separator icon=”fa-refresh”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
We are happy when our customers are happy. However, we believe that doing a good job involves more than that: it means acting as a responsible business, conserving resources, and consuming in a sustainable way.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top=”0px” bottom=”100px”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_service icon_name=”fa-recycle” title=”Renewable energy” css_animation=”left-to-right”]The electricity used in our office comes from Good Energy, the only energy provider in the UK which gets its power solely from renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n [\/vc_service][vc_spacer][vc_service icon_name=”fa-database” title=”Business with a clear conscience” css_animation=”left-to-right”]In financial matters, we rely on GLS Bank, the world\u2019s first social-ecological universal bank. It invests in social projects, organic farming, and renewable energy, and declines to invest in sectors such as the arms industry or the nuclear industry.<\/p>\n [\/vc_service][vc_spacer][vc_service icon_name=”fa-leaf” title=”Paper-free office” css_animation=”left-to-right”]We use as little paper as possible. If something does need to be printed, we use recycled paper. We ensure that paper waste is properly recycled.<\/p>\n [\/vc_service][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_service icon_name=”fa-plug” title=”Green connection” css_animation=”left-to-right”]Our internet connection is provided by Green ISP, a not-for-profit internet services provider with exemplary environmental and ethical principles and whose business premises are solar powered.<\/p>\n [\/vc_service][vc_spacer][vc_service icon_name=”fa-coffee” title=”Fair-trade buzz” css_animation=”left-to-right”]Coffee and tea are essential commodities at work, but we only use products certified by Fairtrade and the Rainforest Alliance.<\/p>\n [\/vc_service][vc_spacer][vc_service icon_name=”fa-paper-plane” title=”Setting a good example” css_animation=”left-to-right”]For us, running a sustainable, ethically responsible business also means encouraging our freelance translators and editors to apply the same environmentally friendly principles to their work.<\/p>\n [\/vc_service][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n