By being located where people want to live we reduce the dependence on commuting by car. Being based in a town centre means that some of our staff can walk to work, and importantly our staff have access to shops at lunchtime by foot. The cycle-to-work scheme has enabled several employees to buy a bike and use it to travel to work.

thecitysecret ltd buys electricity from a supplier that sources its electricity from 100% renewable resources. This cuts our CO₂ emissions by approximately 1200kg per annum.

We recycle paper, metal, glass and plastics. We compost our kitchen waste where practical.

We have video conferencing facilities to reduce travelling to visit clients down to the essential, thus reducing emissions.

We are Carbon Neutral, we calculate our carbon consumption based on our business travel.

Year	Tonnes of Carbon used	No. of Trees planted
2004/2005	2.5	4
2005/2006	7.2	10
2006/2007	7.9	12

The carbon used has been offset by planting in a local Farmer's new hedgerow. Each year we will undertake a "Carbon review" and offset our use by buying trees for local farmers.