Championing the environment

Improving lives through work includes improving our environment too. We take meaningful action on sustainability by reducing emissions, minimising waste, supporting ecology and biodiversity, and developing sustainable skills and training.

Supporting low-carbon travel

The Reed Travel Hierarchy helps us make better decisions about when and how we travel to and from work. Our cycle to work and electric vehicle schemes also support our efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

Creating energy-efficient offices

We’re working hard to make all our offices more energy efficient by using LED lighting, moving to renewable energy tariffs in the offices we own, and improving energy performance across our sites. We continue to offset 10% of our emissions as part of our broader sustainability strategy.

Minimising waste

Using the ‘reuse, reduce, recycle’ philosophy, we reduce the amount of waste we produce through on-site recycling services, computer recycling, and our Digital Workplace initiative, which helps us limit printing and paper use. We’re also working with our sister companies to reduce landfill waste.

Supporting ecology and biodiversity

Beyond reducing paper consumption, we actively support biodiversity across our land and properties. To date, we’ve planted 70,000 trees in Wiltshire and care for nine million bees. Together, we’re building a greener future.

Driving change beyond our operations

In 2025, the Reed Foundation pledged one million pounds to Big Give’s Green Match Fund and sponsored the launch of Earth Raise – the UK’s largest environmental fundraiser – demonstrating our commitment to driving change beyond our own operations. Since 2019, we’ve reduced emissions across the Reed Group by 22%, with a goal to become climate positive by 2050.