An internal launch of the Sea Change strategy for 180 staff at the UK’s busiest ferry port. Measured CO2e across logistics and AV energy, offset in full with validated carbon credits.
Port of Dover · Port of Dover · Dover, UK · 2023 · Travel, transport, and hospitality · Design; Production; Project Management
Sea Change is the Port of Dover’s strategy: an internal launch to 180 members of staff in one room.
The build was deliberately small. The main structure was a hired wall frame, brought in, dressed and returned, so nothing was manufactured to be stored or thrown away afterwards. In place of printed handouts and branded giveaways, the takeaway was a set of stamps: FSC oak blocks with natural rubber faces, made by The Green Stamp. A stamp is used, kept and reused. There were zero physical giveaways of any other kind, which removed the whole category of production, freight and disposal that an internal event of this size normally carries. Catering came from within the South East, and food waste went to a local smallholder rather than to a bin. The supply chain was drawn entirely from the South East of England, with 22% of suppliers based in Kent, the port’s own county.
100% of suppliers were based in the South East of England and 22% in Kent. There were zero physical giveaways.