Sustainability At RazorSecure
Where technical innovation meets sustainability
How We Reduce Our Environmental Impact
At RazorSecure, we pride ourselves on our culture of sustainability and this is entwined throughout every aspect of our business.
Minimising our environmental footprint, we prioritise virtual meetings and select low-emission flights when travel is essential. Our economy-only policy reflects this commitment. As a rail-focused company, we champion sustainable travel options like trains, public transport, car sharing, and cycling. Whenever possible, we combine customer visits with hardware deliveries, reducing reliance on courier firms.
Travel
With a strong ethos for reducing our environmental impact, we minimise unnecessary travel with a strategy for virtual meetings and events. When we do need to take flights, care is taken to select routes that minimise emissions and we have an economy-only flight policy. As an organisation firmly established in the rail sector, we encourage train travel, public transport in general, and car sharing wherever possible, and many of our team members choose more active modes of transport such as cycling! Our principle for sustainability is entwined throughout our processes, and when the situation aligns, we ensure our customers receive their hardware and packages directly from us during planned visits, bypassing delivery firms.
Remote Working
Our culture of working virtually eliminates the daily commute, which in turn reduces the amount of CO2 emissions our workforce would otherwise generate. The significant impact this has on the environment can be demonstrated by the findings of recent studies, which highlight that employees working remotely for four days a week can reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions by as much as 10%.
Paperless
Since RazorSecure was founded, we've been a global, remote, and paperless workforce. This dramatically reduces paper use, saving trees and combating deforestation. Trees filter pollutants like carbon monoxide, while decomposing paper releases harmful greenhouse gases. Studies show even one remote, paperless worker cuts 14.7 pounds of CO2 – a powerful reminder of our individual impact.
Ink & Toner...less!
Minimising our paper use aligns with our cartridge recycling programme, reducing our environmental footprint. Cartridges, a major source of landfill waste, can take 1,000 years to decompose, releasing harmful materials. By recycling, we join the fight against the 350 million cartridges discarded annually which have a detrimental effect on the environment.
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Recycling
RazorSecure prioritises recycling and reuse, responsibly processing all waste streams and repurposing every IT asset since we were founded.
Even as a remote team, we contribute. Our central office recycling is spearheaded by our Operations Manager, who donates leftover packaging to a local children's theatre company for prop creation, thanks to our team's involvement in the society.
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Energy Usage
RazorSecure is dedicated to reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint. Our cloud-based infrastructure plays a vital role, as global IT contributes 2% of emissions, and cloud computing is projected to decrease server energy usage by 38%, leading to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
We leverage existing digital infrastructure on trains. Our lightweight agent runs on a Virtual Machine, eliminating hardware installations and further minimising server resources.
We Meet the ISO 14001 Environmental Standard
RazorSecure has met - and continues to meet - the requirements of ISO 14001, which specifies the environmental management system an organisation can use to enhance its environmental performance and sustainability. We have applied the requirements to all environmental aspects of our activities, products and services.
Our Partners' Commitment to Sustainability
At RazorSecure, we select our partners carefully and have sourced manufacturers within the EU who have a strong ethos for sustainability and environmental awareness. Our suppliers are low-emission technology companies by design, reducing power consumption and the dependency on precious resources.
We collaborate with our suppliers to create products that meet the needs of our customers' space and infrastructure, and maintain an awareness of carbon footprint by ensuring minimal flight space and weight is consumed. RazorSecure hardware is developed with commitment to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, using eco-friendly building materials and machines operated by solar power.
