Green
We Can ALL Do Something for Our Wonderful World
At Rule29, we have a certain fondness for this little planet called Earth—our home. This fondness is what motivated us to become a Certified B Corporation® and to take steps toward protecting it so that this generation and every one after will be able to enjoy it to the absolute fullest.
What We Are Doing
Our initial steps started by creating a culture of developing effective strategies to reduce our environmental impact while continuing to provide our clients with world-class brand design. This involves a measurable recycling process, carbon footprint tracking and goal-setting, employee and client education, sharing information, and environmentally friendly printing and coding practices with our selected vendor partners that we audit. We call this our Green Initiative.
Heating and Cooling
Part of our being a Certified B Corporation® has us using our Green Initiative to publish some key metrics for our environmental impact as an organization. While energy usage fluctuates throughout the year, we believe it’s helpful to at least track our usage and conserve where possible. While these numbers certainly don’t make up the full picture of our both positive and negative environmental impact, we feel they are an important guiding light for our progress. Big thanks to Nest for helping us track our energy usage.
2022
1384
2023
482.6
Energy Usage Over the Past Year
172 kWh
132 kWh
151 kWh
127.5 kWh
89 kWh
156 kWh
72 kWh
65 kWh
53 kWh
80 kWh
129 kWh
62 kWh
132 kWh
60 kWh
235 kWh
92 kWh
142 kWh
1 kWh
60 kWh
1 kWh
178 kWh
1 kWh
150 kWh
1 kWh
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Recycling
As far as green practices go, recycling is about as easy as it gets. Each year, we set goals to strive for, and sometimes we don’t meet them, but the effort and dedication still makes a difference. This is a breakdown of how we did, in pounds, between 2022 and 2023, so far.
Here is a helpful article on Electronic or E-Waste Recycling for those wondering what to do with those old electronic devices (E-waste is the fastest-growing source of trash in the world).
2023
2022
110.5
312
Composting
Composting not only turns your compostable items into something new and usable, but also reduces the amount of trash bags, time, and effort spent in waste management. Composting not only reduces landfill waste and incineration, thereby decreasing harmful emissions but also can get your whole team into pitching in. You can use the compost in office gardens, plants, or share it with the team to use at home or with your work neighbors.
Here is an article on work composting and here is an infographic of what you can compost. You can measure how your compost is doing by looking at key pieces of information like compost temperature, oxygen percentage, and moisture content. We use temperature for ours.
Temperature (F)
105
96
87
78
69
60
51
42
33
24
15
6
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
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Dec
Water Usage
One of our most precious resources so we are committed to tracking our usage. Our current target is to reduce our use by 5% every year. All businesses can do something—here is a great resource for ways you can.
386
Gal
Jan
372
Gal
Feb
401
Gal
March
12
Gal
April
10
Gal
May
5
Gal
June
7
Gal
July
12
Gal
August
0
Gal
September
0
Gal
October
0
Gal
November
0
Gal
December
