Ethical Businesses Supported by Halston B2B
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Ethical Businesses Supported by Halston B2B
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As part of our journey to become a genuinely eco-conscious agency, we've been digging into what actually drives our environmental footprint.
Here's what we found.
Our office at Department, Leeds Dock runs on 100% renewable energy, with no reliance on methods that produce greenhouse gas emissions. The building itself has been sustainably refurbished and repurposed from existing structures, cutting raw material use and shrinking its carbon footprint from the ground up. Day to day, the office runs a modern waste management system that prioritises recycling and composting.
We operate a hybrid working model, with just two office days a week, which limits how often our team needs to commute. We also prioritise Teams calls with clients over travel wherever we can. Using a specialist carbon calculator, we measured our annual commuting emissions across the whole team at 3,993 kg CO2e, which is equivalent to just 0.9 of a petrol-powered vehicle driven for a year.
Every digital activity carries a carbon cost, driven by the energy servers need to run and cool. We store our internal documents and client marketing outputs on Microsoft SharePoint. We continuously review our digital footprint, in 2026 we were storing over 1,006 GB of data, an 18% reduction since 2025.
Every website depends on servers to run, and we host 18 of them: six on SquareSpace, six on WP Engine, and two on Digital Ocean. WP Engine runs on Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, which matches 100% of its global energy use with renewable sources, comparable to AWS, the main hosting operator behind SquareSpace, which does the same.
At Halston B2B, we keep looking for ways to operate more sustainably, and to drive social value for our team and the wider community.
We're committed to:
Reducing our digital storage, by clearing hosted content from SharePoint once a project ends, or after three years for long-standing retainer clients
Exploring alternative travel methods, including Cycle to Work schemes, to cut commuting emissions
Expanding our volunteering and charity initiatives, giving employees the choice of charity and dedicated volunteer days
Sustainability Initiatives
We're always looking for small sustainable wins that add up to something bigger over time. Just as importantly, we keep that process inclusive. Our team is empowered to raise ideas and involved in acting on them.
Tree Planting
Since July 2024, we've partnered with local Yorkshire company Make It Wild, whose mission is to protect nature through tree planting and biodiversity work across their 26-acre site. To date, Make It Wild has planted over 80,000 trees. For every new client we onboard, we plant one in their name, leading to 12 trees planted so far.
Clean Creatives
Creative design is central to what we do, and our design team has been actively looking for ways to cut the environmental cost of producing and hosting creative assets. As a first step, we've moved many clients' social assets over to Canva, hosted on AWS and powered by 100% renewable energy. We'll keep looking for the most sustainable platforms as they develop.
We take on pro bono work for organisations doing genuinely important work in their communities, and we've built a track record of it over the years.
We partnered with the Alzheimer's Society and NHS RDASH to develop the visual identity for Mindset, a healthcare service supporting people and families affected by dementia, crafting a logo and full brand guidelines that balance professionalism with warmth.
In another meaningful collaboration with Out Together, a charity that unites LGBTQ+ generations in Yorkshire, we developed a fundraising video for their annual ball that helped raise around £20,000 on its debut night.
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We build a working environment that's genuinely supportive and inclusive, backed by policies that protect a proper work-life balance:
