Sustainability

At Rock Trust, we care about the impact our actions and choices have on the environment. We know that when it comes to sustainability, actions speak louder than words. In 2021 we developed our first Green Action Plan which sets out the steps we are taking to reduce our carbon footprint and the support we provide to our stakeholders to help them reduce theirs too. We aim to reduce, reuse, and recycle resources; to consider alternative practices to minimise our environment impact, to adopt sustainable purchasing practises. Above all, we are committed to improving the health, wellbeing, and prospects for young people.

Rock Trust’s agenda proudly compliments the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; to recognise the importance of prosperity for all and our planet. In order to reflect our shared values with these goals, we have initially focussed on Good Health and Wellbeing and Affordable and Clean Energy, incorporating them into SMART objectives across various sections of our Green Action Plan.

Here at Rock Trust, we are already making decisions and creating more opportunities for both our staff and the young people in our services. For example, aligning to goal three of the UN’s SDGs of Good Health and Wellbeing, we promote active travel for young people by working with organisations like Venture Trust and their Change Cycle programme where young people build a bike, learn about bicycle maintenance and road safety. And for our Rock Trust staff, so far we already have five employees registered in our Bike2Work scheme.

“As an organisation, making more sustainable business decisions and creating more sustainable opportunities for both our staff and the young people in our services is vital. We are very proud to be doing all we can to ensure that the future health of the environment our young people live in is protected.” Kate Polson, CEO

We are in the process of developing the next phase of our Green Action Plan which we will share here in early 2026.