We care about the environment

At Morningside School of Music, we have always taken great pride in the fact that we try our best to care for the planet and taking climate change very seriously. From our beginnings as a company, one of our first tenets was to consider the environment when operating in our day to day work. We didn’t mind if it was going to cost us more. We believed that if we were ethical from day one, then we could only do good for the planet.

Here are some ways we protect the environment.

1. We decided not to renew our branded company cars. Instead, we opted for bicycles and public transport when needed.
2. Our staff minimise their use of all materials as much as possible, especially plastic. Any plastic is recycled.
3. We reuse everything that we can including cardboard boxes and paper.
4. We only purchase recycled printer and copier paper.
5. Our toilet rolls are purchased in bulk to avoid unnecessary deliveries.
6. We recycle where possible through our appointed recycling contractor.
7. All lighting inside and outside Morningside School of Music are LEDs.
8. During daylight hours, we do not switch on any unnecessary lighting.
9. We minimise power consumption of internal lighting by using the motion detectors installed in the music school.
10. Our outside lighting has sensors that only switch lighting on when it is dark enough. This minimises power consumption.
11. Unlike a lot of businesses and households, we switch off all electricity at night. (apart from our alarm and security lighting which is LED which helps climate change)
12. Our computer monitors go into standby mode when not in use.
13. Our printers go to sleep when not in use to save electricity and help climate change.
14. We only use remanufactured ink cartridges.
15. We send our used ink cartridges to a charity to be reused.
16. Our digital pianos switch off automatically when not in use.
17. Our toilets use water reduction devices.
18. The music school has a very small hot water boiler which heats water only when needed.
19. We do not purchase products which are tested on animals and very strongly disapprove of animal cruelty and abuse.
20. We never switch our heating on until it’s cold enough. Usually, the heating stays off entirely from April until November.
21. We open windows during summer and try to avoid using fans if we can.
22. Our hand dryers are Dyson Airblades which produce up to 83% less CO2 than other hand dryers and avoid wasting paper towels.
23. We monitor environmental advice from independent charities such as Greenpeace to learn of new ways to better the planet.

We do not claim to have everything perfect yet, but we are continually looking for new methods to protect the environment.

Morningside School of Music is also a very proud member of Greenpeace.