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    Sustainability at Clarasys

    Sustainability at the core

    At Clarasys we are embedding people and planet into everything that we do in order to become the most sustainable consultancy.

    As the Experience Consultancy, “do as I say, not what I do”, doesn’t gel well with our approach to business, or our own culture. We like to do the right thing, and building sustainability into the core of our firm is just that. We are determined to make a positive contribution to our clients, employees and the wider world, and we reflect this in our purpose statement of “making a lasting difference to the way people work, live and grow”.

    We are committed

    Our people are the ones who are driving Clarasys activity to be more sustainable. They are committed to ensuring that we are a net-zero carbon, circular organisation that does all that we can to increase our social impact.

    To do this we have set three overarching aims:

    • To have embedded sustainability into our legal governance structure
    • Set a science-based net-zero target as we maintain our carbon neutral status
    • To become a circular organisation reducing the resources we use and our waste as much as possible.

    Check out our Carbon Reduction Plan.

    Our history

    We are proud of how far we have come on our own sustainability journey but recognise there is still work to be done. Here is what our sustainability roadmap looks like including what we have achieved prior to 2021 and our upcoming steps:

    • Accredited as a Living Wage Employer
    • Joined The United Nations Global Compact
    • Accepted into the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) community
    • Mapped our waste streams internally
    • Launched sustainability core programme and induction

    Our thinking on sustainability

    The Clarasys sustainability roadmap

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    As a business focused on improving our clients’ operating models, we simultaneously have a team of consultants and specialists working on ways we can enhance our own organisation for our clients and our people.

    We are working with organisations to
    propel their sustainability journey too.

    Find out more.

    Meet those involved in Sustainability at Clarasys

    Sam Maguire

    Sustainability Lead
    Sam Maguire
    Sustainability Lead
    Sam is a principal consultant who specialises in sustainability strategy and operating model design across multiple industries. He has particular expertise in sustainable business models and designing organisations to be more circular. Having previously worked for Clarasys for four years he rejoined in May 2021 to lead the development of our internal sustainability strategy and roadmap and the formation of our sustainability proposition. Outside of work Sam enjoys playing sport, cooking and being out on his bike. Business-Green-Leaders-awards-2022-Sam-Maguire-Clarasys

    Ruth Wilkinson

    Sustainability Lead
    Ruth Wilkinson
    Sustainability Lead

    Ruth is a Managing Consultant with a specialism in sustainability and impact. She joined Clarasys in January 2022, leaving the not-for-profit sector working as the Sustainability and Impact Lead at a large UK charity, where she developed and implemented their first sustainability strategy. Previously she has worked in fundraising, partnerships, strategy and transformation. At Clarasys, Ruth has led projects across the sustainability agenda. From combining CX and sustainability in the events industry to delivering Theory of Change and impact reporting frameworks at a charity, to a research project trying to establish the sustainable way forward for an industry where changing travel behaviours is an existential threat.

    Ruth has an ex-racing rescue greyhound and loves hiking, yoga and good food.

    Matt Morton

    Sustainability Lead
    Matt Morton
    Sustainability Lead
    Matt is an experienced sustainability consultant who joined Clarasys in 2022 from a built environment background where he supported clients in embedding ambitious strategies for carbon, water, materials, climate change and community in building and public space design. At Clarasys, he is focused on helping organisations develop and implement strategies that empower individuals and foster broader systems change to address key sustainability challenges. Matt has a strong understanding of topics such as net zero carbon, circular economy, and social impact, as well as expertise in sustainability reporting, governance, user-centric design, and data analysis. Recently, he supported with a digital discovery project for a central government department to assess and identify recommendations for a core net-zero enabling service to improve usability, transparency, innovation and efficiency. Matt also worked on a research project with the Information Services and Events industry to build actionable recommendations to improve the sustainability and customer experience of global trade shows. Outside of work, Matt enjoys trying his hand at a number of sports, going to music and stand-up comedy gigs and taking long walks with his dog.