It is not easy being
green
ESN has not only developed a strong portfolio of clients and publications concerning sustainability issues, but has looked closely in the mirror at its own green credentials.
Green communications
Working with the European Commission’s Environment Directorate-General (DG), the Climate Action Taskforce (now a DG) and other insitutions with environment portfolios, ESN has developed or managed a range of ‘green communications’ products and services, such as the Environment for Europeans magazine, the You Control Climate Change website and daily newspapers reporting on the internationally recognised Green Week.
CSR
ESN uses the European Framework for Quality Management’s guidelines for corporate social responsibility (CSR) which helps us to identify our social, environmental and economic impacts and then improve and integrate them into policy and strategy to improve our day-to-day management. This also ties in with ESN’s ongoing ISO certification process.
ECO-dynamic business
ESN is enrolled as a voluntary participant in the Brussels-Capital Region’s official ‘Eco-dynamic Business’ environmental labelling system, a programme managed by the Institut Bruxellois pour la Gestion de l’Environnement (IBGE). This label is seen as a good introduction to the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) and ISO14001 certification for internal environmental management. ESN also takes part in the European Week for Waste Reduction, a yearly campaign conducted by the European Commission.