All three of our magazines cover the elements of ESG within their annual content schedule. Key features include:

• Charity Finance’s annual Responsible Investment Supplement. 
• Governance & Leadership’s Responsible Investment feature in the November issue

Plus:

• The A-Z of ESG and the A-Z of Net Zero are free guides providing insight into key areas of ESG practice. Get in touch to request a copy.

• The ESG Imperative Conference – An annual forum exploring the ESG concerns of charity leaders.
• Charity Finance Investment Forum – Summer and Winter editions with themes around investing ethically
• Trustee Exchange – the UK's foremost event for charity trustees, executive leaders and anyone interested in how charities are governed

Find out more about all of our upcoming events. 

Our online training programme covers a wide range of topics, supporting charity professionals to improve best practice. Upcoming ESG focused courses include:

• Carbon Literacy Training
• ESG in Practice: From Self-Assessment to Action
• Understanding Governance: The Trustee Role
• Building a High-Performing Charity Board

We are well underway on our journey to reduce our carbon footprint at events. 

Measures undertaken to date: 

• Offering fully vegetarian menus at all of our one-day conferences. 
• Measuring the carbon impact of the menu at our annual Charity Awards and choosing a vegetarian or low carbon option.
• Selecting venues that are leading in sustainability and prioritising this in future venue selection. 
• Going paperless—our event app will provide the programme, presentations, and delegate list, replacing traditional printed materials.
• Using fully recyclable badges—please hand in your badge and lanyard at the end of the day so they can be recycled and reused.
• Measuring the carbon footprint of our events and identifying opportunities to reduce our emissions further.

We are trialling a partnership enabling us to offset the carbon emissions produced at our ESG Imperative conference, and make this a net positive event. We have partnered with One Tribe, an ICRO-accredited organisation, ensuring that only certified carbon offsets from internationally recognised registries are used to meet the highest standards of environmental integrity. Civil Society Media staff chose to support the Safe Water Scheme in Rwanda for this event, which maintains water wells and essential infrastructure to provide clean water, reducing the need for inefficient fires to purify water.

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This is an ongoing worsktream at Civil Society Media, and we have been partnering with Be the Riot to ensure this remains a priority within the organisation. 

Recent actions undertaken include: 

• Increase the small charity rate for access to our products from charities with income up to £250k, to income of up to £1m.
• Internal review of our current bursary scheme 
• Introduced annual audits of visible diversity across all of our content producing products (editorial and events)
• Develop an optional diversity monitoring form for contributors in order for us to increase our awareness and understanding of how protected characteristics are being represented by the contributors at our conferences and in our magazines.
• EDI training sessions for all staff
• Introduction of bi-monthly wellbeing workshops to support staff and help to foster a culture of belonging
• Investing in our annual Charity Awards programme to ensure it is accessible and inclusive to all. Some extra measure include; no fees for charities to enter, no fees for shortlist to attend, live streaming the Ceremony online, investing in subtitles and BSL signer on the night.

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We made the decision in 2020 to go plastic free with all of our magazine delivery. 

We are proud to partner with Micropress Printers who are FSC^® certified, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001 certified and are proactively investing in renewal technologies to further support their environmental initiatives. They currently generate nearly 25% of their total power consumption from solar. Over the last year they have carbon balanced 559 tonnes of CO2. This initiative has enabled the World Land Trust to protect and restore 106,912 square meters of critically threatened tropical rainforest. 

All our paper is sourced from suppliers certified by the Forest Stewardship Council^® (FSC^®) and the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). These certifications ensure that the paper we use originates from responsibly managed forests and other controlled sources that comply with strict environmental, social, and economic standards. In addition, we also employ materials such as vegetable ink, recycled stock, non-toxic binding glues, and biodegradable laminates.

We are continuously reviewing our data to ensure there is minimal wastage and any undelivered magazines are identified and rectified. 

In Spring 2025, we undertook a substantial refurbishment of our premises in Clapham. 

The project had a dual objective: to modernise and reconfigure the space to better support the team’s working needs, while also improving the building’s environmental performance in line with upcoming regulatory standards.

We’re proud to have improved the building’s EPC rating from E to B. This means it now fully complies with the 2030 Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES).

Enhancements were also made to the existing DDA-compliant WC and shower facilities, improving both accessibility and usability for all employees.