Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
We believe that ESG
means doing business the right
way.
We aim to routinely use our products, services, expertise and profits to make life better for the community, fellow GIS practitioners, our team and the environment.
Our 2023 ESG round-up
This newsletter recognises and celebrates our team’s commitment to ESG.
Discover how we support the open source geospatial community. You can also find out about our hosting provider’s green credentials and how we’re helping eliminate paper usage from the Call for Sites process for councils.
Our next edition is due out in Spring 2025. You can subscribe to our ESG alerts here.
Benchmarking our performance
Our ESG performance has been assessed by EcoVadis, a holistic sustainability ratings service. The EcoVadis Rating covers a broad range of non-financial management systems including Environmental, Labour & Human Rights and Ethics.
We have been an EcoVadis silver medal holder since 2022. This currently places us in the top 15% of companies assessed .
ESG IN ACTION
Our team
We’re only as good as our people. That’s why we work hard to attract, recruit and retain the best.
RESPECT
We respect each others’ abilities and support each others’ growth
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We’re members of the Equality Register and promote inclusive recruitment
TRANSPARENCY
We share our objectives and achievements (including financials)
ESG IN ACTION
The open source community
We’re inspired by and share our expertise with the open source geospatial community in the UK and further afield.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
We frequently sponsor open source events, such as FOSS4G2022
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
We regularly present at FOSS4G, AGI events and various conferences
EMPOWERING VOLUNTEERS
Staff who volunteer for OSGeo, MapAction and the AGI can attend meetings in work time
USER GROUPS
We host free user groups to help clients stay up to date with innovations in GIS
ESG IN ACTION
The environment
We want to have the lowest possible impact on the environment.
SME CLIMATE COMMITMENT
We’ll halve our emissions by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050
GREEN TRAVEL POLICY
Where possible, we encourage our team to travel by public transport or car share
AWS HOSTING
Hosting with AWS has a lower carbon footprint than hosting on-premise
Our climate commitmentRECYCLING KIT
We believe in giving old kit a new lease of life (in a secure way)
Certifications, memberships and affiliations
View the full list here
Donations to charity
In 2023, we donated to MapAction and Rewilding Britain in lieu of sending Christmas cards.
News & views
Read our latest blogs
Webinar Wednesday: preview iShare Advanced Edit
Learn to edit GIS data without expensive licences using iShare Advanced Edit, an add-on to iShare v6. Save money on ESRI, MapInfo and Cadcorp licences.
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Cyber Essentials compliance: planned in place upgrades for iShare in the Cloud v5
Important info for iShare in the Cloud v5 customers
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Astun turns 20: more memories from the team
Travel back in time with more of the team. Includes a look at the early days of e-Government.
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