Green Jelly & ESG

Giving Something Back

At Blue Jelly we believe that Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is more than just a tick box exercise. Going above and beyond what is expected is something that has driven us for decades. On top of achieving a portfolio of industry recognised accreditations we take charitable work seriously too. From committing to regular donations to driving external fundraising activities we are always thinking outside the box for how we can make a difference. We’re passionate about helping our clients achieve their ESG goals in their workplace projects.

Our Commitment

We are committed to continually improving our ESG policy and targets. Here are some of the targets we are working towards:

Environmental

  1. Train to achieve Fitwell and Ska accredited professional status.
  2. Maintain our Net Zero status – originally achieved in 2022.
  3. Support Ocean Conservation Trust (OCT) as a key partner for 3 years.
  4. Exceed Blue Jelly’s verified site waste recycled target of 95%.
  5. Create internal steering group to set and challenge yearly environmental targets.

Social

  1. Implement a Mental Health and Wellbeing programme to support the wellbeing of our staff and supply chain.
  2. Develop community partnerships – Work with local schools & colleges to promote construction education programmes & create work experience opportunities.
  3. Annual health checks for all staff.
  4. Each member of the team can take two paid volunteer days to support causes they are passionate about.
  5. Maintain our ISO9001 & ISO 14001 certification.

Governance

  1. Maintain CHAS accreditation status
  2. Maintain SafeContractor accreditation status.
  3. Implement an ESG training programme for staff.
  4. Monitor and continually develop Blue Jelly’s risk management strategy.
  5. Partner with Alphacello to provide oversight and guidance around our ESG approach.

Our Accreditations

Net Zero

Proudly, our contract team has recycled 98% of all site waste for the fifth year running. Meanwhile, our Head Office in Windsor is completely carbon neutral, this year we offset a whooping 50.79 tonnes of carbon. We take steps each year to reduce our carbon footprint and find better ways of working.

ISO 14001

Our environmental management system is grounded in ISO 14001 principles giving us an extremely sustainable set of practices when it comes to business management. This system helps us to reduce the waste we produce as a business, work more effectively and use our resources more efficiently. It covers everything from water use, to energy use, to pollution, to waste management.

ISO 9001

Our ISO 9001 accreditation means that our Quality Management System is credible, robust and effective. Our processes across the business have been streamlined and scrutinised against the ISO 9001 system. This accreditation demonstrates that we are an effective, reliable and trustworthy company to work with.

CHAS

We hold a current accreditation with CHAS. CHAS is the industry-leading standard of health and safety accreditation in procurement. This accreditation demonstrates that we have a comprehensive system in place for supply chain risk management and compliance.

Alcumus SafeContractor

Our SafeContractor accreditation demonstrates our commitment to on site Health and Safety. It is the industry leading accreditation for assuring that businesses meet all the required standards and regulations their customer would expect. It demonstrates compliance, mitigates risk and provides ongoing support to us as a business.

Fitwel

Our inhouse Fitwel ambassador, Harriet, advises on health and wellbeing standards at the design and pre-contracts stage of our projects. Fitwel is all about employee health and wellbeing. It is the world’s leading certification system that aims to ensure all buildings are enhanced to strengthen the health and well-being of its occupants. Fitwel provides a scoring system based on a set of criteria that looks at the full scope of the building in relation to health and well-being.

SKA Rating

With his deep knowledge of the SKA accreditation system, Ben, our SKA representative, advises our team on how to design and build sustainable, SKA compliant workplaces. SKA is the industry leading benchmark for landlords and tenants to follow sustainability best practice when completing fit outs. Compliant fit outs can be awarded bronze, silver or gold certification depending on which criteria they meet.

Our Partnerships & Charitable Causes

Ocean Conservation Trust

For the next two years we are partnering with the Ocean Conservation Trust (OCT) to raise vital funds to protect our Oceans. Our ambitious fundraising target for 2023 is £20,000. This will go directly towards the Blue Meadows initiative, which focuses on restoring the vital, oxygen producing seagrass fields around the UK and creating a plan to sustainably rebuild these fields globally.

Windsor Foodshare

Windsor Foodshare provides short term weekly help in the form of non-perishable foods, bread, eggs, fresh fruit, and vegetables to local households at risk of becoming hungry. Our team supports with donations of non-perishable food. At Christmas time we donate mince pies, Christmas puddings, gravy granules, stuffing mix, selection boxes, crackers and boxes of chocolates for Windsor Foodshare to give out with their Christmas support packages.

Compassion

After fitting-out the Head office for the charity Compassion, we wanted to get involved with their good work. We decided to make a long-term commitment to sponsor a child living in Sri Lanka. Our sponsorship means she has access to food, clean water and an education.

Circus Starr

Each year we support Circus Starr which enables children who are disadvantaged, disabled or vulnerable to have a lovely day out at a circus with a difference. As their philosophy says, ‘every child deserves a little magic’.

Workplaces Built With Flair

We design and build ambitious workplaces that effortlessly blend wellbeing, culture, ESG and technology. Our process puts your people at the heart of everything and ensures they have a space they love to work in.

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Congratulations to two of our team who recently reached their 5 year anniversary of working at Blue Jelly. Owen Byrne, Pre Contracts Director and Ana Clemente-Marques, Project Designer joined Blue Jelly in the same week 5 years ago. Thank you both for your time, effort and dedication. Here’s to the next 5 years!

Our Core Values are what make us Blue Jelly.

We are Ambitious

Highly driven, forward thinkers who won’t shy away from a challenge. Bringing big ideas to the table and making them a reality. Always striving to be the best that we can be.

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Project complete!

ARA Venn, a specialist investment management firm focused on European residential strategies, needed to create a new workplace that would sustain their growing business for the coming decade. They were looking for a solution that would maximise the floorplan of their 4,500 sq ft space in the heart of Soho, with an accelerated timeline. Key to the brief was developing a flexible space to support the team with a large breakout area for them to recharge.

Clerkenwell Design Week did not disappoint. Our design team took to the streets of Clerkenwell to catch up with our wonderful furniture, finishes and flooring suppliers. On top of this, they made the most of the experience by attending thought leadership seminars on demystifying sustainability, colour and behaviour, artificial intelligence in architecture and inclusive design.

Re-introducing Blue Jelly.

Our brand has been evolving and developing for 21 years. But, we knew our look needed to be refreshed. It needed to represent who we are as a business and to celebrate our ambition and passion for our future.

Our new logo is a visual representation of who we are. It’s classic yet bold. Timeless and elegant. Custom made and skillfully designed. It symbolises our two greatest assets coming together: Blue – our process and Jelly – our people. It’s designed with our core values in mind, it’s a powerful symbol of who we are.

Last week our team collected mince pies, Christmas puddings, selection boxes, crackers, boxes of chocolate and stuffing & gravy for @windsorfoodshare to give out this Christmas. Well done team Blue Jelly!

Find out more about our ESG approach here.

This is our recently completed project to build a 6,000 Sqft flagship office for a Marlow based, global audio and sound experience company.

The brief was to create a modern, flexible workplace for their team whilst providing unique, top-of-the-line customer experience spaces for product demonstrations. Our team created bespoke joinery solutions to enable interchangeable product placement to suit differing customer needs.

Introducing @energyaspects at @cargo.london, Canary Wharf. Ben Lark, Senior Designer has created a space that flows with curved ceiling lighting, biophilic design, clean lines, premium furniture and subtle, brand-led wall art. Working alongside the team at @coreprojectservices on this project was delightful, as always.

#WorkplaceTransformation #CanaryWharf #DesignAndBuild #EnergyAspects #OfficeRelocation

Congratulations to the Blue Jelly team for cycling 700km in 24 hours to raise vital funds for @oceanconservationtrust. The aim was to cycle the distance Eton to Epernay, 544km. We completed this distance by 6am and decided to push onward and see how far we could go. This year we aim to raise £20,000 for Ocean Conservation Trust.

A glorious sunny day @ascotracecourse for Royal Ascot ☀️🍾🥂

Thank you to our brilliant supplier, Proform Interiors, for inviting our team along for a brilliant day out.

An inspirational design that creates a luxury, members club look and encourages collaboration. Alliots’ new office is set within a beautiful building in the heart of Covent Garden. High-quality fabrics, curved lines and beautiful lighting pieces frame the distinctive, open plan spaces.

Our two year partnership with @oceanconservationtrust will help protect and revitalise the natural habitats of our Oceans. We’ll be raising funds for the Blue Meadows initiative which is actively restoring and protecting the oxygen producing seagrass fields in our Oceans. #ThinkOcean #ESG #OceanConservationTrust