We encourage clients to use TFP2, our offsite venue.  A converted old bank building, the facility benefits from tons of natural light as well as composting, recycling and water capture facilities.  Located in a regenerating neighborhood of the city, TFP2 offers clients the opportunity to redirect their resources to urban regeneration.

All of our group coaching materials are printed on recycled paper, recycled pencils.  Catering is provided by local restaurants using locally sourced food.  We serve organic coffee and filtered water in compostable containers or reusable serverware.  All of our materials are recycled or composted.

Many of the case studies we use in the coaching sessions showcase companies challenging the status quo in a socially responsible way.

We aim to apply 15% of our chargeable consulting time to social pro-bono projects. We’re currently supporting the International Hospital for Children’s mission of delivering pediatric medical care in Latin America and the Caribbean.

For those projects that are not pro-bono, we have a reduced commercial rate for non-profit organizations.

We pilot-test our corporate learning programs with non-profits. Providing the non-profit team the chance to learn the corporate skills without charge and allowing our corporate clients to hone their programs.

We integrate social projects as business challenges for our corporate programs, allowing non-profits to benefit from corporate learning resources and corporate executives to benefit from working on real issues vs hypothetical business cases.

Our ‘desks’ are doors made of FSC-certified timber and recyclable steel saw-horses.  Every desk and work-station has a recycling bin next to it. We recycle paper, plastic, aluminum, grocery bags, batteries, coat hangers, ink cartridges, and electronics waste.

Mailing materials - if you receive a package from us, there’s a good chance it will be in a re-used mailing box from Staples or Amazon packaged with shredded client documents to provide the shipping packaging. Forgive the re-use. We’re just being cheap…

We have a goodwill station in the studio for team members to drop clothing and items from work or home to be passed to Goodwill for re-sale.

We use 100% post-consumer recycled paper for all our printing and copying.  We re-use our paper, printing on both sides (simple but having a 50% impact in efficiency).  We use whiteboards and digital cameras rather than flip charts where possible.

Bottled water is not available in the studio. We provide filtered water and reusable Sigg water bottles.

Used books and magazines are sent onto local coffees shops, libraries and schools.

The fruit we purchase to feed the grazing team at the Studio is purchased from our local Farmers Market.

Our coffee is fair-trade and organic from locally-owned Blanchard’s Coffee Company.

Our waste catering and coffee grinds, along with cardboard are all composted.

We’re vested and committed to our downtown neighborhood.  Our Studio is based in the Superior Production Exchange, a converted warehouse in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood - an urban, regenerating neighborhood.

TFP2, our client event space, is a converted, restored old bank building in the re-emerging Manchester district.

We source the catering for our workshops from locally-owned urban restaurants.  And if we take you for lunch, expect ‘local’ Lebanese, Dominican or Ethiopian food…

We carbon offset our flights and car rentals.

We’re members of Zipcar, a proven, holistic transportation program for business (and personal) travel which results in our reduced use of rental cars while traveling on business in the US and Europe.

Our studio is in a downtown urban location, ensuring a low average commute for our team.

We’re located two blocks from Richmond Main Street Station, providing direct rail links to Washington DC and cities north.  We offset our rail travel.

The Studio is lit with CFL energy-efficient lighting and we use rechargeable batteries for the Studio’s electronic equipment.

Our preferred hotel group is Kimpton Hotels, based on their Earthcare program.

The walls of our studio showcase the work of local artists.  We rotate exhibitions every few months (we encourage clients to purchase any piece they love from the artist).  We’re currently hosting the work of Nicole Mones in our lounge and Dale Keator in the conference room and workspace.

If you would like to view any of the work, throw a line to Barbara at barbara@thefrontierproject.com

Installing ceiling fans to reduce air conditioning and heating use.

Working out how to un-pry the ancient windows in our studio so we can have a natural breeze in Spring and Fall.

A bike rack and shower.

We’re investigating (it’s hard to find) recycled paper for our corporate stationary - hold us to account - we’ll get there soon.

Switching to the Ozo Hybrid Car Service for client events in New York