Notebook

Our blog gives you tips and opinions on writing, business and sustainability. It's also the place to find news about our company.

  • Why we’re becoming a 10:10 business

    Noted by Janet on 08.09.09

    Sustainability , Our news

    Can we cut our carbon emissions by 10% in a year? That’s what we’ve pledged to do by signing up to 10:10 alongside thousands of other businesses, organisations, and individuals.

  • Nokia: top marks for recycling info

    Noted by Matt on 08.07.09

    Writing , Sustainability , Our news

    After working with digital agency Hyper Happen on web copy for Nokia’s environmental campaign, we were pleased to see them keep hold of top spot in Greenpeace’s ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’.

  • Tees for bees: how we’re helping the honeybee

    Noted by Matt on 19.06.09

    Sustainability , Our news

    We’ve posted a t-shirt design on howies’ teepay website to support honeybees and raise money for the British Beekeepers’ Association. We need to get thirty orders in the next ten days so it’ll go to print and raise money for research into the problems facing bees. Can you help us create some buzz?

  • Our reused paper notebooks

    Noted by Matt on 02.06.09

    Sustainability , Our news

    We love our new notebooks (thanks Jen). Made in the UK from reused paper, we think they’re a stylish way to save energy and reduce waste.

  • Nokia environmental campaign wins Green Award

    Noted by Matt on 13.11.08

    Writing , Sustainability , Our news

    We’re celebrating today. The environmental campaign we worked on with Hyper and Naked has won the Grand Prix at the Green Awards. It engaged an amazing 73% of Nokia’s employees worldwide.

  • Calculating our carbon footprint

    Noted by Janet on 29.10.08

    Sustainability , Our news

    The first step to becoming more sustainable is measuring your impact on the environment. So we’re trying to find the best way to calculate our carbon footprint. Follow our progress.

  • Why we invest in renewable energy

    Noted by Janet on 11.09.08

    Sustainability , Our news

    Running a virtual office means we don’t buy energy directly. So to help promote renewable energy, we’ve invested in a renewable energy fund that’s supporting the world’s first commercial tidal turbine.

  • Is our small business sustainable?

    Noted by Janet on 11.07.08

    Sustainability , Business , Our news

    From footprints to food miles, we've been exploring what sustainability means, why it's important and how our business might achieve it.