Supporting Local Environmental Projects
Alpha Laboratories is actioning sustainability commitments by investing and engaging staff within the local environmental and actively working to create positive impacts on the planet.
Alpha Woods
In 2022, Alpha worked in collaboration with the Hampshire Countryside Service and Hampshire County Council to form part of the Queens Green Canopy. This unique initiative sought to commemorate Her Late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee through a nationwide tree planting scheme.
Volunteers from Alpha teamed up with the local working group to plant 75 oak trees at a local reserve in Warsash, near the River Hamble. Over 50% of the company actively took part in the tree planting sessions, activities ranged from the tree planting and guard building, to distributing mulch around the new trees for some extra nutrients.
This site is particularly important to the local area, being a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) designated and a key site for migrating Brent Geese. The new trees will support the habitat as the older trees (estimated to be over 500 years old) succumb to old age. These trees are expected to sequester approximately 100,000Kg of carbon over the next century.
Watch our video on the planting activities and our drone update in 2023:
Alpha Beach Clean
Alpha has now completed 2 annual beach cleans – on Hillhead beach, Lee-on-the-Solent, and Portchester Castle, Fareham.
Following the guidelines from the Marine Conservation Society, staff take part in a litter survey for the first 100m of the beach. This helps understand the types of litter in the area and supports the development of mitigation strategies to reduce the impact on the environment and marine system.
A range of items have been found which goes to show the variety of litter present on our beaches. From clothing apparel to plastic bottles, fishing netting to building tape, this shows the collection of commercial and domestic litter that can be found.
This activity helps instil awareness of our individual impact on the planet and importance of taking responsibility for our activities and waste.
Franchises Woods
In 2023, Alpha donated to the construction of a large polytunnel at Franchises Wood – an RSPB managed site in the New Forest.
This polytunnel will help with the growing of young sapling trees during the first year of their lives, once old enough the trees propagated from the site itself will be planted amongst its parents within the forest.
The site of the polytunnel is adjacent to Cameron’s Cottage, an outdoor residential conservation learning centre for young adults (part of the Camerons Bespolka Trust), helping connect, educate, and engage young people with nature conservation and science.
Our Corporate Social Responsibility
Alpha Laboratories is passionate about finding new and sustainable laboratory solutions designed to further scientific discovery and improve the lives of those around them by focusing on three pillars:
People | Planet | Culture