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Oakland Care Celebrating Greener Month 2023
Celebrating Greener Month at Oakland Care 2023
Oakland Care is celebrating its #GreenerMonth this September! All part of our ongoing commitment to the environment and our sustainability efforts.
As ‘The Greener Care Choice’ Care Home provider, one of the month’s highlights will be our ‘Green Week’, which is held from 18th September to 24th September, where volunteers, team members and residents will get involved in events across the South East aimed at promoting sustainability and protecting the environment.
Our Journey
While always environmentally conscious, Oakland Care’s journey to becoming carbon neutral was kickstarted in 2020 and led by Joanne Balmer (BEM), our CEO and Sustainability Committee and is made up of leaders and team members from across the company. After holding discussions, we understood the pressing desire for Oakland Care to do more than have green practices.
Instead, we wanted to explore our carbon footprint, understand our emissions and see what steps we could take to reduce Oakland Care’s environmental impact. We also knew that we were soon to embark on a period of growth, and we wanted to build-in a water-tight approach to sustainability within our new care homes.
Oakland Care was certified by Carbon Neutral Britain, the UK’s leading carbon offsetting organisation, to measure and offset our carbon footprint! This partnership has allowed us to become a Certified Carbon Neutral Business. We are proud to have achieved this certification for the third year in 2023.
Our Green Week
As well as hosting activities centred on sustainability, our care homes also began participating in Oakland Care-wide ‘Green Week’.
The week is dedicated to empowering our residents and team members to enter their communities to protect and enhance their local environments.
We held events including beach cleans, planting of 100 trees in a new Oak Tree Nursery, establishing wild gardens, supporting local green charities, guest speakers from local wildlife trusts, and so much more.
“As the UK’s only carbon-neutral care group for the third year in a row, we want to continue encouraging other care home providers to push ahead with their own journey to improve sustainability. Together, our industry can drive real change to alleviate the climate emergency while empowering our residents and team members to make their mark on this crucial issue.”
At Oakland Care, we feel a strong sense of responsibility to protect the environment and work towards a sustainable future for all. Through our efforts, we can make a positive impact on the world and inspire others to join us on this journey.
Find out more about our Oakland Care Sustainability Journey.