Policy
Sustainability policy: what we do, and what we will not claim
SRS Report is guidance on sustainability reporting in the UK, and we try to apply sustainability to everything we do.
This page says what that means in practice — and, just as important, what we do not claim.
Our footprint
Small, and mostly invisible
Everything we do happens online, so our direct footprint is small: the servers that host this site and the laptops we build it on.
We have no premises of our own to heat, light or fill.
What we do
What we do about it
We aim to keep pages light: fewer heavy scripts and media files mean less energy per visit.
We meet online by default and travel only when meeting in person genuinely matters.
Where we have a choice of supplier, we prefer those that publish their own emissions data.
We review this policy once a year, and whenever anything material about how we work changes.
How we report
Using the standards we write about
We are well below the size at which Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting applies, and we are not a listed company, so the FCA’s UK SRS rules do not reach us either.
We still use the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards as our reference for how a business should think about climate-related risks and emissions, so the habits are in place long before any obligation is.
The UK SRS reference hub is the resource we point readers to for the standards themselves, and our own where-to-start guide maps the duties.
What we will not claim
No carbon neutral, no net zero
We do not describe ourselves as carbon neutral or net zero, and we will not make an environmental claim we cannot evidence.
The rules on green claims reach marketing as much as reporting — the CMA’s Green Claims Code sets out the principles.
Green claims in go-to-market explains why vague words like “eco-friendly” are the ones that get challenged.
The CMA’s Green Claims Code asks that environmental claims be truthful, clear and substantiated.
A claim we cannot evidence is one we do not make.
Who owns this
Who is responsible
Our founder owns this policy.
When we need specialist input we bring it in part-time for a defined piece of work — a part-time head of sustainability — rather than hiring full-time for a need that is part-time.
Questions about this policy can go to hello@uksrs.org.uk, or through the contact page.