RCOT's sustainability action plan - RCOT

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RCOT Vision
Our sustainability strategy is our commitment to align RCOT activities with the most important environmental needs.. Our action plan sets out what we will do and how.
Priority environmental commitment	Priority social commitment	Priority economic commitment
RCOT is committed to embedding sustainability into its business activities.	RCOT is committed to enabling its members to understand and act to embed sustainability in their actions and work with service users, whilst maintaining high quality evidenced based care.	RCOT is committed to being an ethical and sustainably responsible business.
Objective	Objective	Objective
RCOT will review and reduce its carbon footprint through careful and respectful use of natural resources.	RCOT will work to raise member awareness of sustainability issues in relation to occupational therapy practice in order for them to be able to champion sustainability from individual, service and organisational perspectives.	RCOT will review its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to ensure that RCOT has a positive impact on the social and environmental systems RCOT will review its investment policies to ensure that we only invest in line with our values and purpose as an organisation
How – Key actions
Adopt a ‘Digital First’ approach to RCOT resource production	Develop a dedicated webpage resource for members	Review our investment portfolio
Adopt measures to enhance environmental literacy of staff to encourage green working practices.	Work creatively and collaboratively with members to promote sustainability	Add sustainability clauses to new contracts for services
Adopt a Reduce, Reuse, Recycle approach for organisational operations	Showcase Green Member initiatives and good practice through our communication channels	Develop and enact a CSR Strategy and plan