Camelot Group plc - environmental leadership

Camelot operates the UK National Lottery, with a duty to maximise returns to good causes.  It has taken an international lead in its sector on social and environmental responsibility, chairing the World Lottery Association Working Group on Corporate Responsibility and becoming the world’s first major lottery operator to go carbon neutral.

As the environmental impact of its offices is limited, Camelot has worked to reduce the impact of its products.  It uses recycled paper to print lottery tickets at terminals, while play slips and Scratchcards are produced with paper from sustainable managed forests. It has also introduced interactive gaming platforms and has developed National Lottery Fast Pay in partnership with Tesco, allowing lottery tickets to be printed on till receipts. These innovations have significantly reduced the amount of paper used.

The company is also tackling the impact of its own operations, focusing on the behaviour of its own employees.  It has an ‘Above and Beyond’ programme which rewards employees with points that can be redeemed for an item of their choice, for efforts to reduce the company’s environmental impact.  In addition it has set up a Green Team - a group of 20 volunteers from across the company - whose aim is to raise environmental awareness among colleagues.

Camelot has also cut the emissions of its operations, switching to green electricity at its main offices, moving to a diesel car fleet and reducing gas and electricity use at its main sites. As a result, CO2 emissions have been reduced within a year by 29%, almost double the target of 15%.