Sustainability

About our sustainable business practices.

Every single day, people make decisions based on the weather. The Met Office provides weather and climate forecasts to help with those decisions so people can be safe, well and prosperous.

However, we appreciate the operations of our organisation have environmental impacts and we’re absolutely committed to behaving in a responsible, sustainable way. Therefore, sustainability is at the very heart of our purpose: working at the forefront of weather and climate science for protection, prosperity, and well-being.

We have provided regular, accurate forecasts for over 170 years, helping people choose what to do and when, both day-to-day and over the long-term. As well as helping people make day-to-day decisions about how the weather might impact their activities, our science is helping individuals, governments and businesses around the world make informed decisions to adapt and thrive in a changing climate. Today, tomorrow and into the future we will do this as sustainably as possible.

As part of our commitment to sustainability, we have set out the Met Office’s path to carbon neutrality.

We are a responsible business

Our overall approach to business is outlined in our Responsible Business Policy and we promote sustainability on a daily basis through several key themes: