People, Place and Planet
Last updated: March 2026
Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do — not just in how we run our organisation, but in the work itself.
When we help a housing developer design a community that functions brilliantly from day one, when we support a local authority to put residents at the centre of a regeneration project, when we help an NHS system keep people healthier in the places they live — we are talking about sustainability. The environmental, social and economic dimensions of thriving communities are inseparable, and that is our daily work.
This page sets out our commitment to reducing our own environmental impact and our journey to net zero by 2040.
Our Footprint
We are a small, fully remote Community Interest Company. We have no office, no company-owned vehicles, and a deliberately light operational footprint. Our main sources of carbon emissions are business travel, home energy use, and the digital tools we rely on.
We are honest that 2026/27 is our first year of formally measuring and recording our emissions. We have published our full Carbon Reduction Plan (see below) which sets out our baseline, our commitments, and how we will report progress annually.
What We're Doing
Travel
We operate a clear travel hierarchy: virtual meetings first, then train, then low-emission vehicle, then petrol or diesel car only as a last resort. Our team and associates record all business travel through our expenses process, and we are targeting a 20% reduction in car travel by 2028.
When we meet in person — up to twice a year as a team, and up to twice a year as a board — we choose venues that are accessible by public transport, near train stations, and supported by local, independent businesses.
Energy
Our whole team works from home. We are conducting a home energy survey during 2026/27 and actively supporting our team to switch to renewable energy tariffs, with a target of 80% of the team on green tariffs by 2028.
Technology
We use laptops, Microsoft 365, Teams, and AI tools. We recognise that AI has an indirect carbon cost through data centre energy, and we are transparent about this in our annual reporting. We prefer providers with credible net zero commitments, extend the life of our devices wherever possible, and will adopt carbon measurement tools for digital emissions as they become accessible to small organisations.
Our work
We believe our greatest contribution to a sustainable future is through the work we do with clients — helping to build places, organisations and communities that genuinely serve the people in them, for the long term. We are committed to embedding environmental and social sustainability thinking into all of our placemaking, social value and organisational development practice.
Our Roadmap
We are committing to net zero by 2040.
| Milestone | Target Date | Key Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Establish our baseline | 2026/27 | Publish this plan. Begin travel tracking. Conduct home energy survey. |
| Reduce highest-impact emissions | By 2028 | 20% reduction in car travel. 80% of team on renewable energy tariffs. |
| Deepen reductions, embed culture | By 2030 | Sustainability embedded in all associate onboarding and client practice. |
| Approach residual emissions | By 2035 | All avoidable emissions reduced. Remaining residual emissions identified. |
| Net zero declared | 2040 | Net zero across all operational emissions. Declaration published publicly. |
We will not use carbon offsetting as a shortcut. Offsetting will only ever apply to genuinely unavoidable residual emissions, through verified schemes.
Read Our Full Plan
Our full Carbon Reduction Plan — People, Place and Planet: Our Commitment to a Sustainable Future — sets out our baseline year, all of our commitments, our governance arrangements, and how we will report progress each year.
This plan has been board approved and is reviewed annually each March.
Questions?
If you have any questions about our approach to sustainability — or would like to talk about how we can help your organisation embed environmental and social sustainability into your work — we would love to hear from you.
Contact us: enquiries@360degreesociety.org
This page is reviewed annually. Last updated March 2026.