We take a proactive approach to the environment and continually
seek out ways in which to become more efficient. We utilise a
recycling scheme at our offices on the Isle of Man and Jersey.
Working with local recycling agencies, we recycle glass, aluminium,
plastic and paper. In addition, staff take it upon themselves to
compost biodegradable waste such as teabags and turn off appliances
at the end of the day.
In March 2010, a team from Fairbairn Private Bank joined up with
the Manx Wildlife
Trust for a beach clean at The Scarlett nature reserve near
Castletown. An enthusiastic crowd of staff, children and dogs took
time out of their busy weekend to learn more about the area and
clear it of litter. During the course of the afternoon the
volunteers managed to fill two industrial-sized wheelie bins full
of rubbish that had been washed up on the shore.
In December 2009, Fairbairn Private Bank donated 200 tree
saplings to the Jersey Trees for Life Hedgerow Campaign. The trees
will be used to support the Jersey Trees for Life campaign in 2010
and a team of volunteers from the bank plan to work alongside the
charity to clear the ground and plant the saplings early in
2010.
In November 2009, a team of volunteers from Fairbairn
Private Bank pulled on their decorating overalls to help
prepare a new lemur enclosure at Durrell
Wildlife Conservation Trust. The new purpose-built enclosure
opened at the end of November and houses four of Durrell’s
ring-tailed lemurs and its pair of red-fronted brown lemurs.
Situated in the renovated Walled Garden, the entire area has been
transformed in order to showcase Durrell’s conservation work in the
highly threatened dry forests of Madagascar.
In 2009 we teamed up with the Manx Wildlife Trust for a beach clean at The
Ayres nature reserve on the Isle of Man. Having sponsored the trust
for many years there were plenty of keen volunteers to help out and
clear the beach of litter while learning about the nature
reserve.
In 2007 we became the first company in Jersey to make full use
of a newly introduced recycling scheme for office furniture run by
UK furniture recycling specialists Green-works, who are a
non-profit organisation that processes, reuses and recycles
unwanted office furniture. Welcoming the opportunity to do our bit
for the environment, our old, unwanted office furniture was sent to
the UK for recycling.