Our position on sustainability and the environment has emerged over the past 2 years following discussions with various organisations – particularly the Gallery Climate Coalition – about the art world’s contribution to climate change and what steps can be taken to reduce this. We have looked into environmental credentials of the insurers we work with so we can gage the impact these companies have on the environment and what they are doing to combat this. Details of this can be found on our sustainability page.
We joined the Gallery Climate Coalition in 2021 and in doing so committed to aiming to reduce our CO2 emissions by at least 50% by 2030. We have established a 2019 baseline carbon figure and will work from this, carbon reporting annually to track progress.
Our Green team was formally established in October 2022.
So far, our role has been 2 pronged:
1 – to take steps to de-carbonise our own operations
2 – to promote de-carbonisation and provide support to de-carbonisation initiatives.
This particularly came into focus with Adam’s involvement with the GCC sustainable
shipping campaign where he was the conduit between the GCC and the wider
insurance industry which resulted in specific best practice guidelines for sea shipping
in order to make this a viable and insurable shipping option.
Sustainability in our offices
As a small company we have a small carbon footprint, but we are still looking at ways in which we can reduce it. We have been members of the Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC) since its inception and are working towards active member status by:
- Implementing a Green Team to lead on initiatives and track progress
- Completing a 2019 carbon report which will give us a baseline carbon footprint to compare successive years to
- Carbon reporting on an annual basis
- Working to reduce this by; travelling by rail and public transport wherever possible, looking at ways we can reduce our energy consumption in our offices, looking at ways we can further reduce waste or use more sustainable processes.
- Travel to Europe including, importantly, Art Basel is only by train
- Assisting and supporting the GCC and other environmental initiatives in their mission by providing insurance knowledge, participating in or promoting events and best practice guidelines
