RDM's 2024 Sustainability Highlights

At RDM, we don’t just help our clients achieve net zero, we are also committed to lowering our own carbon footprint. In this article, we look back over 2024 and the most important steps we’ve taken that bring us closer towards carbon neutrality.

In February, RDM joined the Step Up to Net Zero (SUTNZ) programme, marking a new chapter in our commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainable practices. As part of this programme, we hired a Sustainability Coordinator who has been instrumental to implementing sustainable practices across the business.

As part of the SUTNZ program, we received a roadmap of key tasks to help us move towards net zero. One important task involved collaborating with Circular Glasgow and other SUTNZ participants to find creative ways to upcycle our surplus assets. Through this, we’ve managed to share items like Viking files, pallets, monitors, bulletin boards, and other office supplies with other businesses for reuse or recycling, items that previously would have been disposed of as waste.

After conducting a waste management audit, we made strategic changes to our waste processing, now separating waste into general, recyclable, and food categories. These changes were backed by 100% of our employees and have reduced our landfill contributions which lowers our carbon footprint. 

This year, we put strategies into place to start our shift towards a paperless office. So far, thanks to new digitalisation processes we implemented in different departments we reduced paper use by 30%, with a target of 60% reduction by the end of 2025. A new HR portal will soon help us cut paper use by another 10%.

In October, we hosted our first “Green Day”, blending team engagement with learning sessions about circular economy principles, a fantastic day that brought us closer together with a shared purpose.
We also submitted a sustainability assessment to EcoVadis and we proudly achieved the bronze recognition. To achieve this rating, we completed a comprehensive evaluation of our sustainability practices. EcoVadis represents an impartial global standard for corporate sustainability ratings. Their evaluation considers 21 sustainability criteria grouped into four main themes: sustainable procurement, labour & human rights, ethics, and environment.