Sustainability

We’re committed to being a sustainable business and work to identify, share, educate and promote environmental awareness within our business.

Colleagues litter picking together in their local community.

Led by our Green Group, our priority is to adopt green initiatives and targets to help influence our business, our colleagues, our outputs and our culture in lessening our environmental impact.

A colleague charging their car, purchased through our salary exchange electric car scheme, at our head office.

We are proud of our ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) progress so far, but there is more to do if we are to become a truly sustainable organisation and we are committing to driving ongoing improvements in ESG. We recognise this is good for our business as well as being the right thing to do.

A colleague keeping a local beach tidy.

We’re committed to being a sustainable business

Led by our Green Group (voluntary, passionate and amazing colleagues), we work to identify, share, educate and promote environmental awareness within IRIS. Our areas of focus are:

Our offices

We have installed electric vehicle charging points, LED lighting, recycling and waste management in most of our offices and use 100% renewable energy at our head office.
Travel

We offer green benefits to all our colleagues including a salary exchange electric car scheme, cycle scheme and interest-free loans on season travel tickets. We’ve made use of technology to conduct business, reducing our carbon footprint and the need to travel. We’ve made an average of 52% fewer car, air and rail trips in the last three years.
Community

Our Green Group shares tips and we promote sustainable ways to use company Giving Back Days, such as litter picking and beach cleans, as well as rewarding colleagues through green-focussed competitions.
Company

We provide over 99% of our payroll customer’s with epayslips, our software is released online to eliminate landfill, we donate unused laptops to children home-schooling during the pandemic and offer green workplace ISA options.
Partners

We build long-term relationships with partners who have a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) policy and share our commitment to sustainability and fairtrade prices.
Suppliers

Wherever possible we seek to use suppliers who operate sustainably and are committed to reducing their carbon footprint.