A READING law firm is making changes to the workplace in order to take care of the planet.

The Thames Valley law firm, Blandy & Blandy LLP, has offices in Reading and Henley-on-Thames and is committed to making changes to further reduce its environmental impact.

The Reading team wore green in support of the environment when raising money for its adopted charities, Age UK and League of Friends of the Royal Berkshire Hospital, but its support extends to making real practical changes.

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Joint managing partner, Tim Clark, explained how the offices on 1 Friar Street are now powered by 100% renewable energy and their Henley-on-Thames office is set to follow in the near future.

He added: "As part of our ongoing aim to reduce our consumption of energy, water, paper and other key resources, we have set and shared annual reduction targets with all of our teams and outlined how everyone can play their part in helping us to achieve them.”

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Within the firm’s offices, a growing range of items can be recycled, from stationery and toner cartridges to crisp packets and snack wrappers for which recycling options are not always obvious.

Items are collected and donated to a scheme that raises funds for local schools.

The firm’s food and general waste is sent to a waste to energy plant, turning it into bio gas that powers homes and businesses.

Additionally, 93 per cent of the Firm commute by public transport, cycling or walking and existing initiatives range from limiting the firm’s use of printed materials and using FSC (sustainable) paper to providing water coolers with reusable cups and replacing personal waste bins with improved recycling facilities.

The Firm’s policy is to avoid single use plastic where a sensible alternative exists and to consider the environment more widely as part of any procurement process.