CSR

This week we had some good news – our very first fundraising application was successful. This means we now have the resources to take set up an office. Until now we have been a working from home and in places we like with free wi-fi  ( I’d recommend the Regent pub on Liverpool Road)  - an arrangement which has worked well but which really isn’t sustainable. So this week we were visiting potential offices and weighing up pros and cons. We could take up residence on ‘Silicon Roundabout’ with some exciting new web start ups, or take advantage of the serviced offices provided by the Ethical Property Company also in Old St. While we make our minds up it’s likely we’ll take up temporary residence at one of the ‘hubs’ in Angel and Kings Cross where there are lots of like-minded organisations. The Kings Cross venue has just opened and is a more social space complete with bar/coffee shop.

On the campaign front I was at a dinner hosted by PR firm Hills and Knowlton this week and was chatting to Dr Stuart Smith, their Head of Corporate Practice, who mentioned that he believed the firm 3M had at some stage adopted a corporate policy not to sell spare emissions permits.

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