Minimising our impact on the environment 

As an environmental organisation, Earthwatch recognises that our day-to-day operations have an impact on the local, regional and global environment.

Earthwatch (Europe) has an environmental policy which outlines our commitment to continuous improvements in our environmental performance.

Earthwatch is working toward the development of an Environmental Management System based on the guidelines and standards set out in ISO14001 and the Global Reporting Initiative, in order to measure our performance against agreed targets to deliver our environmental policy.

The Chief Operating Officer will have formal responsibility for the management and implementation of this system and the Executive Vice President will be accountable for its delivery.

Four core areas were identified for Earthwatch Institute (Europe) to minimise its environmental impacts:

Earthwatch works hard to reduce its impact on the environment.As an organisation Earthwatch works hard to reduce it's own impact on the environment.