May Gurney has outlined plans to slash its CO2 emissions by 50% over the next three years as part of its commitment to meet the needs of a low-carbon economy and, ultimately, to be carbon neutral by 2014.

Combined with sensible approaches to fuel management, the most significant way that it intends to meet its carbon emissions goal is to look at different ways of working.

The carbon reduction programme touches almost every aspect of May Gurney’s operations across the UK – encouraging its people to lift share, use video conferencing, public transport and home-working; investing in cleaner technologies, like renewable fuels; using technology, like hand-held devices and tracker data to reduce journeys; and exploring an internal carbon tax.

“To make carbon savings on this scale, there’s no silver bullet,” explained Dr Tom Macagno, head of sustainability.

“Our goal is to support our behavioural change programme with a range of simple front-line initiatives that are easy for our staff to adopt which, when taken together, can make a very real difference to the way we work now and in the future.

“It’s also essential to involve our clients in our carbon reduction programme. After all, they have similar goals. Working together can deliver significant benefits to our organisations and to the communities where we work.”